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Shoah

1985 · 566 min

An unflinching, monumental descent into testimony and memory that demands sustained focus and leaves a profound, haunting weight.

Directed by
Claude Lanzmann
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik
Overview
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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  • Pijama Films
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Directed by
Claude Lanzmann
Genres
Documentary, History
Starring
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik
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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • death
  • guilt
  • memory
  • violence
  • justice
Places
  • countryside
  • workplace
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • documentary
  • true story
  • serialised
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action1
Horror7
Humour0
Realism10
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness10
Complexity8
Emotional weight10

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Genres
documentary, history
Directed by
Claude Lanzmann
Starring
Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl, Jan Karski, Paula Biren, Abraham Bomba, Inge Deutschkron
Cinematography
William Lubtchansky, Jimmy Glasberg
Runtime
566 min
Country
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Languages
English, French, German, Hebrew, Polish, Yiddish

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