Warsaw Ghetto

A sobering archival assembly that confronts you with the daily horror of the ghetto through stills and propaganda footage.

Directed by

Hugh Burnett

Genres

Documentary

Starring

Alexander Bernfes

Overview

After a brief sequence of Nazi rallies (including shots from Triumph of the Will), German footage of the invasion of Poland, and Julien Bryan footage of the siege of Warsaw in September 1939, this film uses still photographs (some from Himmler's personal collection) and much of the 1942 German propaganda footage shot in the Warsaw Ghetto. It details the daily struggle to survive the Warsaw Ghetto, including scenes of poor sanitation, smuggling food from outside, beggars, Jewish Police and the ghetto prison, deportations, collaboration, and resistance. It uses film footage of flamethrowers and German artillery to represent the putting down of the Ghetto uprising under General Stroop.

How it feels

Bleak, dark, melancholic and tense. Measured and demanding.

About

Survival, violence, death, isolation

Content

Strong violence. Mild gore. No sexual content or swearing.

Note

Written by AI, so it can be wrong. Full breakdown

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