Night and Fog - Criterion Collection
starring: Michel Bouquet, Reinhard Heydrich, Heinrich Himmler, Adolf Hitler, Julius Streicher
directed by: Alain Resnais
directed by: Alain Resnais
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Audience Rating: Unrated
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780780026940
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD-Video, Subtitled, NTSC
ISBN: 0780026942
Label: Criterion
Manufacturer: Criterion
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Criterion
Region Code: 1
Release Date: June 24, 2003
Running Time: 32 minutes
Sales Rank: 10824
Studio: Criterion
Theatrical Release Date: 1955
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Editorial Review:
Description:
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, Night and Fog (Nuit et Brouillard) contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage. With Night and Fog, Resnais investigates the cyclical nature of man's violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.
Amazon.com:
Though only a short subject, this groundbreaking documentary remains one of the most influential and powerful explorations of the Holocaust ever made. Director Alain Resnais bluntly presents an indictment not only of the Nazis but of the world community, and the film is all the more remarkable for its harsh judgment considering the time in which it was made, less than a decade after the end of the war, when questions of responsibility were not yet being addressed. Juxtaposing archival clips from the concentration camps across Germany and Poland with the present-day denials of the camps' existence, the film seeks to once and for all expose the horrifying truth of the Final Solution, as well as to address the continuing anti-Semitism and bigotry that existed long after the war's end. An invaluable resource and testament to history, this film was a profound influence on all films to address issues of the Holocaust, from Judgment at Nuremberg and Shoah to Schindler's List. Night and Fog remains an essential and indispensable document of the 20th century. --Robert Lane
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- All should know because it can happen again if it is forgotten and deniedAs an assistant professor of military history at the Air Force Academy, our department made this film ... Read More
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- Not the best out there.The half hour run time was rather disappointing. They should however have an English voice over. It's ... Read More
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- A Vivid and Horrible Description of Horror"Night and Fog"
A Vivid and Horrible Description of Horror
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- An Essential FilmAnyone who has not seen actual footage of Auschwitz and victims of the Holocaust should see this film.
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- ChillingEven for someone like myself who has been exposed extensively to the images and facts of the Holocaust this ... Read More
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