Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
Shoah (1985) is a documentary and history film directed by Claude Lanzmann, released on April 21, 1985 with a runtime of 9h 26m. It stars Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik and Motke Zaidl. Viewers rate it 8.2 out of 10 across 227 ratings.
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Claude Lanzmann
as Self - Interviewer
Simon Srebnik
as Self
Michael Podchlebnik
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Motke Zaidl
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Jan Karski
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Paula Biren
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Abraham Bomba
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Inge Deutschkron
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Ruth Elias
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Richard Glazar
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Filip Müller
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Rudolf Vrba
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Directed by Claude Lanzmann.
Average viewer score of 8.2/10 from 227 ratings.
This is one of this movie that cannot leave anyone unmoved. I honestly can say that I didn't get to comprehend the extension and meaning of the Holocaust until I watched this 9h documentary. Probably, I still don't even get to be close to its understanding now but this has been clear to me after watching the movie. This is the kind of historic document with incalculable value to leave proof of what happened during…
Reviewed on April 14, 2016
Told by way of a sort of travelogue of sites of holocaust atrocity, and augmented most potently by survivors, their families and by former Nazis themselves, this documentary reveals in very considerable - and considered - detail the true horrors of the concentration camps. Claude Lanzmann doesn't use any actuality - and, oddly enough, that makes the actuality of the now peaceful sites all the more poignant when…
Reviewed on April 4, 2022
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The main cast of Shoah (1985) includes Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik, Motke Zaidl and Jan Karski. The film was directed by Claude Lanzmann. You can see the full cast and crew list, with character names, further up this page.
Shoah was released on April 21, 1985 and runs for 9h 26m.
Shoah (1985) holds an average rating of 8.2 out of 10 from 227 viewer votes, and is a good pick if you enjoy documentary and history films. Read the viewer reviews on this page to decide for yourself.
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