What are some good movies about the holocaust?
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What are some good movies about the holocaust?
Schidler's List, of course, and Sophie's Choice. What are some other ones?
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Night and Fog
Shoah
Shoah
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Another vote for The Pianist. I just watched it for the first time the other night...very powerful film.
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Yeah I can't believe I forgot The Pianist - my first Holocaust movie. The image of him holding the pickle jar is the one scene I remember.
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Originally Posted by Matt Millheiser
I wouldn't call LIFE IS BEAUTIFUL a good film about the Holocaust. The concentration camp seems were laughably, embarassingly bad.
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How about AUSCHWITZ-INSIDE THE NAZI STATE. I have this DVD and it is very good. PBS recently (2-3 months ago) aired the entire series but I caught only the last episode, per se. I wish I would of known about it being on PBS
PBS's site has a more detailed descrition of the contents of the DVD.
PBS's site has a more detailed descrition of the contents of the DVD.
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Definitely do not see THE GREY ZONE - eventhough i'm jewish, it's a laugh-out loud god-awful movie about the holocaust. It's the most poorly cast Holocaust movie ever - David Arquette, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvina, and Natasha Lyonne. Actually it ties with that other most poorly cast film, In the Name of the King: A Dungeon Siege Tale
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One of the earliest movies to deal with the Holocaust is Orson Welles's The Stranger (1946). Welles plays a Nazi who has relocated to New England and Edward G. Robinson is a Nazi hunter on his trail. It features documentary footage of the concentration camps only a year or so removed from the end of the war. The film is public domain and a number of so-so DVDs are available; DVDBeaver indicates that the MGM R2 has the best picture.
http://www.DVDBeaver.com/film/DVDCompare2/stranger5.htm
http://www.DVDBeaver.com/film/DVDCompare2/stranger5.htm
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Originally Posted by toddly6666
Definitely do not see THE GREY ZONE - eventhough i'm jewish, it's a laugh-out loud god-awful movie about the holocaust...
And for what it's worth, Roger Ebert also liked it (gave it his highest rating). You can read his review here:
(Ebert’s review)
http://rogerebert.suntimes.com/apps/...210250307/1023
The Jerry Lewis clown / concentration camp movie mentioned a few posts above was called "The Day the Clown Cried". It was never released.
Last edited by Heat; 07-06-06 at 11:08 AM.