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Deep Dive: Night Will Fall (2014)

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Night Will Fall
Night Will Fall is a documentary directed by Andre Singer that focuses on the production of the 1945 British documentary German Concentration Camps Factual Survey. This earlier film presented graphic footage from Nazi concentration camps after their liberation. The 2014 documentary includes about 12 minutes of this archival footage and features interviews with survivors and liberators, as well as insights from producers and cameramen involved in the original project. The film emphasizes the role of film in documenting the atrocities of war, particularly through the work of Allied cameramen in 1944 and 1945. It recounts how Sidney Bernstein was motivated to create the 1945 documentary after witnessing the liberation of Bergen-Belsen. The film also discusses the long delay in the release of the original documentary, which remained in British archives for nearly seventy years.

Why Watch

  • •See the original footage from Nazi concentration camps.
  • •Meet survivors and liberators sharing their experiences.
  • •Find out why the 1945 documentary was delayed for decades.

Did You Know

•The original documentary was produced in 1945 and completed in 2014.
•Alfred Hitchcock participated in the production of the 1945 documentary.
•The 1945 documentary was based on footage from combat cameramen and newsreels.
•The title 'Night Will Fall' comes from a narration line written for the 1945 film.

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World War II historyDocumentary filmmakingHolocaust studies