| Description |
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD; NTSC, Region 0; widescreen (1.78:1) presentation; stereo. |
| Cast |
Witnesses, Hanna Avrutzki, Luba Gewisser, Jurek (David) Plonski, Aliza Vitis-Shomron, Shula Zeder ; narration read by Rona Kenan. |
| Credits |
Director of photography, Itai Neeman ; editor, Joëlle Alexis ; music, Ishai Adar. |
| Summary |
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film in an East German archive was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May of 1942, the film became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. The later discovery of a long-missing reel, including multiple takes and cameramen staging scenes, complicated earlier readings of the footage. Presented is the raw footage in its entirety, falsely showing the 'good life' of Jewish urbanites. Included is an interview, and more. |
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Death Mills: "Directed by...Billy Wilder for the U.S. War Department in 1945, [this film] was originally intended for screening in occupied Germany and Austria and featured a German language soundtrack...[T]he first documentary to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi extermination camps: the survivors, the conditions, and the evidence of mass murder." -- Onscreen menu. |
| Note |
Special features: Death Mills (1945, 22 min.; directed by Billy Wilder; new telecine made from archival 16mm elements) ; Interview with author and film researcher Adrian Wood (ca. 15 min.) ; Scholar Michael Berenbaum on A Film Unfinished (ca. 4 min.) |
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Originally produced in 2010. |
| Audience |
Not rated. |
| Awards |
Winner, World cinema doc editing award, Sundance Film Festival ; Winner, Best International Feature, Hot Docs Film Festival ; Winner, Documentary screenplay award, AFI/Silverdocs Film Festival. |
| Language |
German, English, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish dialogue with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Local Note |
WNPLFFDVD |
| Subject |
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Warsaw.
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Concentration camps -- Poland.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Personal narratives, Jewish.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Propaganda.
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Nazi propaganda -- Poland -- Warsaw.
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Germany -- History -- 1945-1955.
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Germany -- History -- 1933-1945.
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| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Historical films.
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| Added Author |
Hersonski, Yael. Screenwriter. Director.
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Ken Tor, Itay. Producer.
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Schory, Noemi. Producer.
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Kenan, Rona. Narrator.
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Insdorf, Annette.
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Berenbaum, Michael, 1945-
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Wood, Adrian, 1955-
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Wilder, Billy, 1906-2002. Director.
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Neeman, Itai. Cinematographer.
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Adar, Yishai. Composer.
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Belfilms (Firm)
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Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk.
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Südwestfunk (Baden-Baden, Germany)
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Yes Docu (Firm : Israel)
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Association relative à la télévision européenne
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Oscilloscope Laboratories (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Death mills
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| Standard No. |
896602002258 |
| Music No. |
OSC 25 Oscilloscope Laboratories |
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