Movie Description
German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
(2017)Overview
On the 29th September 1945, the incomplete rough cut of a brilliant documentary about concentration camps was viewed at the MOI in London. For five months, Sidney Bernstein had led a small team – which included Stewart McAllister, Richard Crossman and Alfred Hitchcock – to complete the film from hours of shocking footage. Unfortunately, this ambitious Allied project to create a feature-length visual report that would damn the Nazi regime and shame the German people into acceptance of Allied occupation had missed its moment. Even in its incomplete form (available since 1984) the film was immensely powerful, generating an awed hush among audiences. But now, complete to six reels, this faithfully restored and definitive version produced by IWM, is being compared with Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog (1955).
Featured Crew
- Director : Sidney Bernstein
- Producer : Sidney Bernstein
- Writer : Richard Crossman,Colin Wills
- Editor : Peter Tanner,Stewart McAllister,George Smith,Marcel Cohen
- Cast : Trevor Howard,Jasper Britton,Jane Wells,David Cesarani,Anne Fleming,Adolf Hitler,Alfred Hitchcock
Cast
Narrator (fragment version)
Narrator (restored version)
Self
Self
Self
Self (archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Posters
Recommendations
Facts
Original TitleGerman Concentration Camps Factual Survey
Status Released
Release Information
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2017-01-06
Original LanguageEnglish
Runtime 01h 15m
Homepagehttp://www.iwm.org.uk/gccfs
Production CompaniesMinistry of Information,U.S. Office of War Information
Genres
- Documentary
- History
