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Shoah( 1985)

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Overview

Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.

    Top Billed Cast

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      Claude Lanzmann

      Self - Interviewer

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      Simon Srebnik

      Self

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      Michael Podchlebnik

      Self

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      Motke Zaidl

      Self

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      Jan Karski

      Self

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      Paula Biren

      Self

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      Abraham Bomba

      Self

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      Inge Deutschkron

      Self

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      Ruth Elias

      Self

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      Richard Glazar

      Self

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      Filip Müller

      Self

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      Rudolf Vrba

      Self

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      Raul Hilberg

      Self

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      Hanna Zaïdl

      Self

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      Jan Piwonski

      Self

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      Itzhak Dugin

      Self

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      Helena Pietyra

      Self

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      Pan Filipowicz

      Self

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      Pan Falborski

      Self

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      Czeslaw Borowi

      Self

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      Henrik Gawkowski

      Self

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      Franz Suchomel

      Self

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      Joseph Oberhauser

      Self

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      Alfred Spiess

      Self

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      Franz Schalling

      Self

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      Martha Michelsohn

      Self

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      Moshe Mordo

      Self

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      Armando Aaron

      Self

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      Walter Stier

      Self

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      Franz Grassler

      Self

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      Gertude Schneider

      Self

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      Itzhak Zuckermann

      Self

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      Simha Rotem

      Self

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      Francine Kaufmann

      Self - Interpreter: Hebrew

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      Barbara Janicka

      Self - Interpreter: Polish

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      Mrs. Apfelbaum

      Self - Interpreter: Yiddish

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      Charlotte Hirschhorn

      Self - Gertrude Schneider's mother

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    A review by Andres Gomez

    10
    Written by Andres Gomez on Thu Apr 14 2016
    This is one of this movie that cannot leave anyone unmoved. I honestly can say that I didn't get to comprehend the extension and meaning of the Holocaust until I watched this 9h documentary. Probably, I still don't even get to be close to its understanding now but this has been clear to me after watching the movie. This is the kind of historic document with incalculable value to leave proof of what happened during WWII so nobody can really put it in question. I would even say that this movie should be passed in history class in high-schools all around the world. The work done is huge a...

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    Facts

    Status

    Released

    Original Language

    English

    Budget

    -

    Revenue

    20175.00

    Keywords

    • holocaust (shoah)
    • world war ii
    • history of mankind
    • history and legacy
    • historical documentary