Documentary · France · 1961 · 1h 30m

The Witnesses

Le temps du ghetto

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Director
Frédéric Rossif
Cast
Nadine Alari as Narrator / Voice Jean Perrot as Narrator / Voice
Crew
Suzanne Baron — Editor Frédéric Rossif — Writer Madeleine Chapsal — Writer Pierre Braunberger — Producer
Synopsis

This film brings to life a vanished world: that of the Warsaw Ghetto, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1944 uprising. Two authentic "reconstruction" sources have been used to this end: photographic and cinematographic documents recorded at the time and discovered in Poland, East Germany, Israel and France; and the oral testimonies of 44 survivors, invited to evoke their personal tragedy in front of the images put before their eyes.

Mood & Themes
world war iihistorical
Key Collaborators
Frédéric Rossif Director Suzanne Baron Editor Frédéric Rossif Writer Madeleine Chapsal Writer Pierre Braunberger Producer
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