Principal cast
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl and Jan Karski
About the film
Shoah at a glance.
Screen Path places this 1985 film at stop 120 in one curated journey through cinema. The learning experience adds context before you watch and deeper analysis after.
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.
Key craft credits
Dominique Chapuis (director of photography), Jimmy Glasberg (director of photography), Phil Gries (director of photography), William Lubtchansky (director of photography) and Ziva Postec (editor)
- Director
- Claude Lanzmann
- Release
- 1985-04-21
- Runtime
- 566 minutes
- Genres
- Documentary and History
- Country
- France
- Quiz
- 50 questions
The Screen Path journey
Before. After. Remember.
The featured film is watched outside Screen Path. The app provides the learning experience around it: a guide, an analysis, and a quiz with explanations.
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Before you watch
Start with a spoiler-free video guide to the context and filmmaking choices worth noticing.
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After the film
Return after watching for a deeper video analysis of craft, meaning, and legacy.
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Quiz yourself
Answer 50 questions with clear rationales designed to make the ideas stick.
50 questions in this journeyCitizen Kane is the complete public example: both learning videos and a five-question sample quiz are available below.
Start the example →Full cast
Full cast
- Claude LanzmannCharacter: Self - Interviewer
- Simon SrebnikCharacter: Self
- Michael PodchlebnikCharacter: Self
- Motke ZaidlCharacter: Self
- Jan KarskiCharacter: Self
- Paula BirenCharacter: Self
- Abraham BombaCharacter: Self
- Inge DeutschkronCharacter: Self
- Ruth EliasCharacter: Self
- Richard GlazarCharacter: Self
- Filip MüllerCharacter: Self
- Rudolf VrbaCharacter: Self
Full crew
Full crew
- Claude LanzmannCredits: Director
- Catherine TrouilletCredits: Assistant Sound Editor
- Anna RuizCredits: Assistant Editor
- Bénédicte MalletCredits: Assistant Editor
- Bernard AubouyCredits: Sound Mixer, Sound, Sound Engineer
- Michel VionnetCredits: Sound, Sound Engineer
- Geneviève de Gouvion Saint-CyrCredits: Assistant Editor
- Sabine MamouCredits: Sound Editor
- Yael PerlovCredits: Assistant Editor
- Christine SimonotCredits: Assistant Editor
- Catherine SabbaCredits: Assistant Sound Editor
- Phil GriesCredits: Director of Photography
- Danielle FilliosCredits: Sound Editor
- Dominique ChapuisCredits: Director of Photography
- Anne-Marie L'HôteCredits: Sound Editor
- William LubtchanskyCredits: Director of Photography
- Ziva PostecCredits: Editor
- Jimmy GlasbergCredits: Director of Photography
- Jean-Yves EscoffierCredits: Assistant Camera
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