German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

German Concentration Camps Factual Survey

2017
1h 15m
7.3

7.3/10

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"A lost masterpiece of British documentary cinema from 1945"

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).

Status: Released

Language: EN

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Production Information

Production Companies
Ministry of Information U.S. Office of War Information
Production Countries
United Kingdom
Spoken Languages
English

Quick Facts

Release Date January 6, 2017
Status Released
Language EN
IMDb ID tt3455796
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Cast

Jasper Britton
Jasper Britton

Narrator

Jane Wells
Jane Wells

Self

David Cesarani
David Cesarani

Self

Anne Fleming
Anne Fleming

Self

Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler

Self (archive footage)

Alfred Hitchcock
Alfred Hitchcock

Self (archive footage)

Key Crew

Sidney Bernstein
Producer
Sidney Bernstein
Director
Colin Wills
Writer
Richard Crossman
Writer