Over nine hours, Claude Lanzmann interviews survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators at Holocaust sites across Poland, including extermination camps.
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Over nine hours, Claude Lanzmann interviews survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators at Holocaust sites across Poland, including extermination camps.
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Abraham Bomba, a survivor of the Treblinka extermination camp, recounts his experiences while cutting hair in a gas chamber. His testimony is part of Claude Lanzmann's extensive documentary, *Shoah*, which spans over nine hours. The film includes interviews with survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators across various Holocaust sites in Poland, such as Auschwitz-Birkenau and the Warsaw ghetto. Lanzmann's work, released in 1985, presents a detailed examination of the events and actions during this period, without using archival footage.
What Critics Say
It is one of the noblest films ever made. It is not a documentary, not journalism, not propaganda, not political. It is an act of witness.
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Why Watch
- See Abraham Bomba's emotional testimony from Treblinka.
- Find out about the Chełmno extermination camp's gas vans.
- Meet survivors recounting their experiences in Auschwitz.
Did You Know
- Shoah is over nine hours long and took eleven years to make.
- The film premiered in Paris in April 1985 and in New York in October 1985.
- Simone de Beauvoir called it a 'sheer masterpiece' after its release.
- The film won the New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Non-Fiction Film.
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Who directed the documentary Shoah?
Shoah was directed by Claude Lanzmann.
What are the main topics covered in Shoah?
The main topics covered include the Chełmno extermination camp, the death camps of Treblinka and Auschwitz-Birkenau, and the Warsaw ghetto.
When was Shoah released in Paris?
Shoah was released in Paris in April 1985.
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