| Description |
1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. |
| Physical Medium |
monochrome |
| Description |
digital |
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optical |
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mono |
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Dolby |
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video file |
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DVD video |
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region 1 |
| Series |
Criterion collection ; 197
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Criterion collection ; 197.
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| System Details |
DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono. |
| Credits |
Directors of photography, Ghislain Cloquet, Sacha Vierny ; narrator, Michel Bouquet ; music, Hanns Eisler ; production designer, Edouard Muszka ; executive producers, Peter Becker, Fumiko Takagi. |
| Note |
Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. |
| Audience |
MPAA rating: Not rated. |
| Summary |
Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage. |
| Note |
Special features : crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie ; optional isolated music track ; new essay about the film by Phillip Lopate ; excerpt from an audio interview with Alain Resnais, from "Les Etoiles du cinema (1994) ; information about the composer, Hanns Eisler, by Russell Lack. |
| Cast |
Narrator, Michel Bouquet. |
| Language |
French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Drama.
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World War (1939-1945) |
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Internment camps. |
| Genre/Form |
Drama.
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| Subject |
Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Buildings -- Drama.
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) |
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Buildings. |
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Majdanek (Concentration camp) -- Buildings -- Drama.
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Majdanek (Concentration camp) |
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
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Jewish Holocaust (1939-1945) |
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Nazi concentration camps -- Europe.
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Internment camps -- Europe.
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Nazi concentration camps. |
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Europe. |
| Genre/Form |
Documentary films.
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Documentary films.
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Short films.
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Short films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Nonfiction films.
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Video recordings.
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Video recordings.
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Drama.
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| Added Author |
Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998.
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Halfon, Samy.
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Lifchitz, Philippe.
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Cayrol, Jean.
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Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014.
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Cloquet, Ghislain.
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Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001.
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Bouquet, Michel.
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Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
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Muszka, Edouard.
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Como Films.
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Argos Films.
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Cocinor (Firm)
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Janus Films.
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Criterion Collection (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Night and fog |
| Note |
Title on container: Alain Resnais' Night and fog |
| ISBN |
0780026942 |
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9780780026940 |
| Standard No. |
037429180822 |
| Music No. |
NIG110 Criterion Collection |
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