Shoah

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Claude Lanzmann directed this 9½ hour documentary on the Holocaust without using a single frame of archive footage. He interviews survivors, witnesses, and ex-Nazis (whom he had to film secretly since they only agreed to be interviewed by audio). His style of interviewing, by asking for the most minute details, is effective at adding up these details to give a horrifying portrait of the events of Nazi genocide. He also shows, or rather lets some of his subjects show, that the anti-Semitism that caused 6 million Jews to die in the Holocaust is still alive and well in many people who still live in Germany, Poland, and elsewhere.

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Alternative Titles

Shoah, First Era, Shoah, Second Era, שואה, 쇼아, Shoah - Extermínio, Шоа, 浩劫, 大屠殺

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23 Oct 1985
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01 Jun 1986
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Theatrical limited

21 Apr 1985
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Theatrical

01 Nov 1985
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Physical

07 Oct 2016
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27 Apr 1987
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28 Apr 1987
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29 Apr 1987
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30 Apr 1987
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30 Jun 1987
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01 Jul 1987
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02 Jul 1987
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03 Jul 1987
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29 Apr 2019
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21 Apr 1985
  • Theatrical limitedU Paris
30 Jun 1987
  • TV Part 1 - TF1
01 Jul 1987
  • TV Part 2 - TF1
02 Jul 1987
  • TV Part 3 - TF1
03 Jul 1987
  • TV Part 4 - TF1
03 Jul 1987
  • TV0
01 Jun 1986
  • Premiere Jerusalem Cinematheque
01 Jul 1987
  • TV
07 Oct 2016
  • Physical12 DVD
29 Apr 2019
  • TV12 NPO 2
23 Oct 1985
  • Premiere New York City's Cinema Studio
01 Nov 1985
  • TheatricalNR
27 Apr 1987
  • TV Part 1 - PBS
28 Apr 1987
  • TV Part 2 - PBS
29 Apr 1987
  • TV Part 3 - PBS
30 Apr 1987
  • TV Part 4 - PBS

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