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Shoah

Shoah

19858.29h 26m

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.

Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Box Office0Revenue: $20K

Top Cast

Claude Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann

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Simon Srebnik

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Michael Podchlebnik

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Motke Zaidl

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Jan Karski

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Paula Biren

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Abraham Bomba

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Inge Deutschkron

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Ruth Elias

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Richard Glazar

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Themes & Keywords

holocaust (shoah)world war iihistory of mankindhistory and legacyhistorical documentary

About Shoah

Shoah is a documentary, history film released in 1985 exploring themes of holocaust (shoah), world war ii, history of mankind, history and legacy, historical documentary. Directed by Claude Lanzmann, it stars Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik. 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.

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