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7.2
Oscilloscope Pictures | Release Date: August 18, 2010
Summary: Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagandistic construction. The later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings, showing the manipulations of camera crews in these "everyday" scenes. Well-heeled Jews attending elegant dinners and theatricals (while callously stepping over the dead bodies of compatriots) now appeared as unwilling, but complicit, actors, alternately fearful and in denial of their looming fate.
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Details

Runtime: 88 min
Rating: Unrated
Genres: Drama, History, Documentary
Countries: Germany, Israel
Languages: English, German, Polish, Yiddish, Hebrew
Director Credit
Yael Hersonski Director
Writer Credit
Yael Hersonski Writer
Principal Cast Credit
Alexander Beyer Interrogator
RĂ¼diger Vogler Cameraman
Cast Credit
Alexander Beyer Interrogator
RĂ¼diger Vogler Cameraman
Producer Credit
Itai Ken-Tor Producer
Itay Ken-Tor Producer
Noemi Schory Producer
Philippa Kowarsky Producer