Documentary ·TV Movie · East Germany · 1988 · 34m

Die Lüge und der Tod

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Director
Walter HeynowskiGerhard ScheumannStephan Hermlin
Cast
Stephan Hermlin as Narrator (voice)
Crew
Traute Wischnewski — Editor Ilse Radtke — Editor Walter Heynowski — Writer Gerhard Scheumann — Writer Stephan Hermlin — Writer
Synopsis

Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.

Key Collaborators
Walter Heynowski Director Gerhard Scheumann Director Stephan Hermlin Director Traute Wischnewski Editor Ilse Radtke Editor Walter Heynowski Writer Gerhard Scheumann Writer Stephan Hermlin Writer
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