| Description |
1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.. |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 197 |
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Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ; 197.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen (1.33:1) presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Performer |
Narrator, Michel Bouquet. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Ghislain Cloquet, Sacha Vierny ; music, Hanns Eisler ; production designer, Edouard Muszka. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Summary |
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage. |
| Note |
Special features: Crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie ; Optional isolated music track ; New essay about the film by Phillip Lopate ; Excerpt from an audio interview with Alain Resnais, from Les Etoiles du cinema (1994) ; Essay about composer Hanns Eisler by Russell Lack. |
| Language |
French dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Drama.
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Buildings -- Drama.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
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Concentration camps -- Europe.
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| Indexed Term |
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 Camps de concentration Drame |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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| Added Author |
Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998.
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Halfon, Samy.
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Lifchitz, Philippe.
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Cayrol, Jean.
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Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014.
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Cloquet, Ghislain.
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Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.
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Bouquet, Michel.
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Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
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Muszka, Edouard.
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Como Films.
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Argos Films.
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Cocinor (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Night and fog |
| Note |
Title on container: Alain Resnais' Night and fog |
| ISBN |
0780026942 |
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9780780026940 |
| Standard No. |
037429180822 |
| Music No. |
NIG110 Criterion Collection |
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