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Nel 1974, il regista cominciò un lavoro di pedinamento dei tre tipi di superstiti dell' olocausto: le vittime, i carnefici ed i testimoni, i polacchi. Perchè nei campi di sterminio polacchi Auschwitz, Birchenau, Belsen, Chelmno, Maidanek, Sobibor e Treblinka si è consumato l' orrore di sei milioni di esseri umani "passati per il camino". Un documentario di nove ore e mezza sull'olocausto realizzato senza un fotogramma di repertorio.
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114 of 117 people found the following review helpful
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There have been many dramas and documentaries of what happened in the death camps of WWII but put altogether they would not cut as deeply or inform so completely as 'Shoah'.
Covering in particular Chelmno,(where Jews were 1st killed by gas in vans), to Treblinka, Auschwitz, Birkenau and the Warsaw ghetto Lanzemann does not embellish or re-enact anything, he simply films as survivors, perpertrators and bystanders all tell how they see what happened. I say see and not saw because many have convinced themselves of their own innocence by dismissing what happened. It is for this reason that 'Shoah' needs to be so long in running time, everyone has their own skewed perspective for whatever reason and it is only when enough evidence is gathered from so many differing sides and personalities that you can begin to see a little of what happened.
Bystanders who had rather seen the Jews returned to Israel but were glad to see them go nonetheless, guards "following orders" and a general apathy to one of humanities greatest crimes.
At over 9 hours this is a huge work and requires you to sit through heartbreaking interviews over and over again.
The truth is though that in a society where we are becoming jealous and resentful of those who are not us or do not believe what we do this account is a stark reminder of just how quickly and terribly humans can turn on each other on a massive scale if we allow ourselves to de-humanize others.
I love films but I cannot think of a single other that HAS to be seen. This is without peer and is essential.
Covering in particular Chelmno,(where Jews were 1st killed by gas in vans), to Treblinka, Auschwitz, Birkenau and the Warsaw ghetto Lanzemann does not embellish or re-enact anything, he simply films as survivors, perpertrators and bystanders all tell how they see what happened. I say see and not saw because many have convinced themselves of their own innocence by dismissing what happened. It is for this reason that 'Shoah' needs to be so long in running time, everyone has their own skewed perspective for whatever reason and it is only when enough evidence is gathered from so many differing sides and personalities that you can begin to see a little of what happened.
Bystanders who had rather seen the Jews returned to Israel but were glad to see them go nonetheless, guards "following orders" and a general apathy to one of humanities greatest crimes.
At over 9 hours this is a huge work and requires you to sit through heartbreaking interviews over and over again.
The truth is though that in a society where we are becoming jealous and resentful of those who are not us or do not believe what we do this account is a stark reminder of just how quickly and terribly humans can turn on each other on a massive scale if we allow ourselves to de-humanize others.
I love films but I cannot think of a single other that HAS to be seen. This is without peer and is essential.
37 of 40 people found the following review helpful
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Immensely powerful, disturbing, accurate and heart-rending. The most absorbing production relating to the Holocaust that I have seen.
Here the horrors of the Holocaust are presented by real people in real time. Holocaust survivors, their captors, torturers & executioners are all interviewed on camera.
Here the horrors of the Holocaust are presented by real people in real time. Holocaust survivors, their captors, torturers & executioners are all interviewed on camera.
Any detachment that the reader might have felt in reading books on the subject is destroyed as everything comes to life before your eyes. To actually see apparently 'ordinary' human beings who were responsible for such atrocities, speak about these events with such 'matter of fact', carefree abandon makes one's blood run cold.
This footage is all the more real to me, having personally visited most of the concentration camps referred to and having seen at first hand what is being referred to. Nevertheless, this footage will shock even the most hardened viewer & educate the least informed amongst us on the subject. It really is a 'must view' on the Holocaust.
It is quite lengthy, some 9 hours in all & with subtitles, yet this does not diminish from it's veracity and impact. It is such a shame that this production is not required viewing in our schools. We all need to be educated about this period in our not so recent history, before it happens again.
Recommended.
36 of 40 people found the following review helpful
By "steevo72"
Format:DVD
From the opening interviews right through to the train dissapearing into the distance at the end - this Documentary is the finest ever filmed. It brings together survivors and perpetrators and shows us moving images of the Camps in their present state (1985 - the time of the original release)
Mr Lanzmann is an unrelenting unstoppable interviewer.
Mr Lanzmann is an unrelenting unstoppable interviewer.
One can never forget the Scenes of The Old Camp worker with his Pointing stick motioning proudly at his Diagram of Treblinka and the Train guard motioning that this would be the end of the line...
Recollections and accounts from guards survivors and civillians make this an incredible , engrossing film.
Shocking, Disturbing - this Film should be shown in every school studying this terrible era of History.
This documentary is Highly reccomended - I beleive it to be the greatest work of its type in the history of the world.
Take one viewing and Im sure you will agree.
Mr Lanzmann should be celebrated for such an incredible acheivement.
28 of 31 people found the following review helpful
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A mistake before watching Claude Lanzmann's `Shoah,' is to begin by thinking it is the epitome of Holocaust representation, that it isn't comparable with anything else. The nature and arrangement of the film stems from the filmmakers' own personal opinion of how a film dealing with an issue as delicate of the Holocaust should be. A judgement of excellence detracts from the subject's nature and Lanzmann's intent; `Shoah' is not for purposes of entertainment. Lanzmann's own decree that the film isn't either a documentary or representational adds to the confusion that arises whilst watching `Shoah.' It makes you ask what is the purpose of the film? A documentary would imply informing the audience, and `Shoah' does do this for hearing the experiences lived by others makes the film to an extent learnedly enlightening, however as Lanzmann keeps the film in the present he does succeed in his aim of not making the Holocaust an historical event. The film allows and encourages grief, as evident in the people that he interviews through the course of the film, working through or acting out in their plea to forget the event, after-all who would want to remember an experience such as this? I believe Lanzmann understands this, and the holocaust should be a burden of the people who didn't experience it, those who did should be allowed to forget, however the memory of the holocaust should never die particularly in Western civilisation in which Lanzmann criticises. Similarly to the opinion of Blanchot and Levenas, the West has an obligation to remember. As stated before, `Shoah' should not be considered the greatest of all Holocaust films, the fact that a Holocaust film could be classified as `great' would displease Lanzmann I believe.... Read more ›
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Shoah
This us an amazing film of the appalling attitudes of people that not only did these horrific acts but of those who allowed it to happen and did nothing. Read more
Published 3 months ago by Dr. Linda Helen
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Difficult to rate
Somehow I got an Italian version of this film so it's difficult to assess. No subtitles available. Does an English version exist?
Published 3 months ago by goneXC
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Shoah, A must-see documentary never to be forgotten
This box set is compulsive and compulsary viewing for everyone. I quote from Thuricides funeral speech to Pericles" For the whole earth is the tomb of brave men".
Published 6 months ago by Benny Wielandt
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Historical masterpiece of the 20th century
Up until this film no Nazi officer was recorded on tape or video confessing to the murders, neo nazis and deniers clung on to this point like leeches, Lanzmanns duping of the... Read more
Published 7 months ago by casio smith
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Maybe not quite the event claimed?
I have not seen this 9 hour long documentary until 2012 so some 30 odd years have passed since it was originally made and issued. Read more
Published 8 months ago by Siriam
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Shoah
As a history student, one that has concentrated on the first and second world wars, this documentary is up there with the World at War. Read more
Published 13 months ago by Mr. M. King
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Sad awful memories
Firstly Shoah is not a film of scenes of the Holocaust but a collection of short stories of individual peoples history and accounts of their survival of the Holocaust. Read more
Published 17 months ago by Munters
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History Captured
Along with most people, I have seen the awful, grisly photographs and video films of the Holocaust. However, this DVD set produced between 1980-85 does not contain any such... Read more
Published 19 months ago by JDE of Huntingdon
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Brutal and Beautiful
Shoah is brutal, beautiful, and absolutely important to watch. Not for the faint of heart, Lanzmann's nine-hour documentary focuses exclusively on the methods used to kill Jewish... Read more
Published on 8 Jan 2011 by Professor S
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Oral history
Very much an oral history with scenes of the deathcamps as they are today leaving your mind to fill in the images. Read more
Published on 27 Dec 2010 by G. H. Kennedy
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