Principal cast
Claude Lanzmann as Self - Interviewer, Simon Srebnik as Self, Michael Podchlebnik as Self, Motke Zaidl as Self, and Jan Karski as Self
About the film
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Screen Path places this 1985 film at stop 117 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.
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Before you watch
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