Shoah (1985)

MovieDocumentary, History9h 26m
Shoah (1985) movie posterReview score: 82%

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Plot

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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Claude LanzmannClaude LanzmannSelf - Interviewer
Simon Srebnik
Simon SrebnikSelf
Michael Podchlebnik
Michael PodchlebnikSelf
Motke Zaidl
Motke ZaidlSelf
Jan Karski
Jan KarskiSelf
Paula Biren
Paula BirenSelf
Abraham Bomba
Abraham BombaSelf
Inge Deutschkron
Inge DeutschkronSelf

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TrailerOfficial TrailerTrailerOfficial TrailerTrailerSHOAH Masters of Cinema TrailerFeaturetteClaude Lanzmann on Shoah

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