Shoah

IMDb 8.2 1985 • 566 min • DocumentaryHistory

Director

Claude Lanzmann

Country

FR

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann Self - Interviewer
Simon Srebnik
Simon Srebnik Self
Michael Podchlebnik
Michael Podchlebnik Self
Motke Zaidl
Motke Zaidl Self
Jan Karski
Jan Karski Self