Genocide

1982

Action / Documentary / Drama / History / War

4
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 73% · 100 ratings
IMDb Rating 7.4/10 10 813 813

holocaust (shoah) world war ii nuremberg trials archive footage 1940s 1930s

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Plot summary

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.

Director

Arnold Schwartzman Photo
Arnold Schwartzman

Top cast

Orson Welles Photo
Orson Welles as Narrator
Dwight D. Eisenhower Photo
Dwight D. Eisenhower as Self
Elizabeth Taylor Photo
Elizabeth Taylor as Narrator
Adolf Hitler Photo
Adolf Hitler as Self
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768.71 MB
1280*534
English 2.0
PG
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24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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1.39 GB
1920*800
English 2.0
PG
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24 fps
1 hr 23 min
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Movie Reviews

Reviewed by CinemaSerf 7 / 10

Orson Welles anchors the narration here describing some

Orson Welles anchors the narration here describing some of the most heinous imagery from human history. He commences with a potted history of the often enforced transient existence of the Jewish communities in Europe before bringing us to twentieth century Germany where millions are unemployed, the economy is still on it’s knees after the defeat in the Great War and homelessness is rife. Skilfully navigating this national maelstrom, Adolf Hitler arrives with a clear and concise message: it’s all the Jews’ fault. Following on from Nero’s proven philosophy that giving people someone to loathe is always an effective way of cementing political power and diverting attention from the real issues, a period of persecution begins. Initially it’s registration, then their property is seized and then as the Nazi regime becomes more firmly entrenched and embarked on pan-European expansion, the rest of the holocaust unfolds before us. The production uses an effective combination of archive and animations to illustrate the story and for some especially poignant readings from many of their diaries, Elizabeth Taylor infuses a poignant degree of emotion as she delivers some perspectives from those tortured souls facing certain death at the hands of brutes in uniform or white coats. Viewers of this type of documentary will have seen much of the library footage before, but it never ceases to disgust as the inhumanity beggars belief, the corpses pile up and those aerial shots of the concentration camps never fail to affect.
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Reviewed by Lucyslegacy 9 / 10

Excellent documentary with archival footage

This is an intense documentary of the extermination of the Jewish people in the Holocaust, with much archival footage. The scenes are often gripping and horrifying in their veracity, but it is a must see for any student of the Holocaust. There is a reference close to the end of a letter from 93 virgins requesting the kaddish for them in the future - this particular letter was proved later to be a hoax (http://www.hashkafah.com) Regardless, it is an excellent documentary even with the often melodramatic voice of Elizabeth Taylor. Most Holocaust literature attempts to play down such drama because the reality simply cannot be conveyed. I will use this in film class.

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