Shoah
Shoah

Information

Release DateApril 21, 1985
Runtime9h 26m
StatusReleased
Revenue$20K
ProductionHistoria, Les Films Aleph + 1 more
LanguagesPolish, German, French, Hebrew, Yiddish, English
8.2
213 votes
Popularity3

Synopsis

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.

Cast & Crew

Director

Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann

Featured Cast

Claude Lanzmann

Claude Lanzmann

Self - Interviewer

Simon Srebnik

Self

Michael Podchlebnik

Self

Motke Zaidl

Self

Jan Karski

Self

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