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01/26/06
Night and Fog (1955)
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Reviews Counted: 14 Fresh: 14 Rotten:0 Average Rating: 8.8/10
Runtime: 65 mins
Synopsis: This lyrical and graphic documentary--one of the first cinematic reflections on the Holocaust's horror--has deeply affected film's treatment of the Holocaust ever since, including Spielberg's SCHINDLER'S LIST. Documentarian Alain Resnais contrasts 1955 footage of abandoned... [More]
Genre: Education/General Interest
Director: Alain Resnais
Producer: Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon, Philippe Lifchitz
Composer: Hanns Eisler
Producer: Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon, Philippe Lifchitz
Composer: Hanns Eisler
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06/23/07
Regardless, this is a film that must be viewed. It's almost a prerequisite to being human to have to come face to face with your own capacity for inhumanity. Only after you recognize it can you deal with it.
08/19/05
Provokes contemplative self-inquiry, and moves us beyond our initial and immediate emotionally simplistic knee-jerk horror and disgust.
09/05/03
Of all the films made about the Holocaust, Alain Resnais’ Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) is quite possibly the most moving and thought-provoking,
08/17/03
When it comes to Holocaust documentaries, there is simply no further word than Alain Resnais's Night and Fog.
06/21/03
A landmark documentary that is arguably the foremost film ever made about the Holocaust.
02/04/03
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Every time I see another film that references the Holocaust, my mind instantly flashes back to this remarkable documentary
07/25/01
Only half an hour long, this is the greatest film ever made about the concentration camps.
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