description Shoah Overview
Shoah is a 1985 documentary film examining the Holocaust through extended interviews conducted by Claude Lanzmann. The eleven-year production involved filming at locations in Poland, including former extermination camps, and gathering testimonies from survivors, witnesses, and individuals associated with the events. It totals over nine hours in length.
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info Shoah Specifications
| Country | France |
| Year | 1985 |
help Shoah FAQ
How long is Shoah?
Shoah runs about 566 minutes, or over 9 hours. Claude Lanzmann released it in 1985 after more than a decade of work.
Why does Shoah not use archival footage?
Lanzmann chose to avoid archival atrocity footage and built the film from interviews and present-day locations. Survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators describe events at places such as Treblinka, Chelmno, and Auschwitz.
Who directed Shoah?
Shoah was directed by French filmmaker Claude Lanzmann. He conducted many of the interviews himself, including difficult hidden-camera conversations with former Nazis.
Is Shoah about one camp or the entire Holocaust?
The film focuses especially on the machinery of extermination in occupied Poland, but it is broader than one camp. It includes testimony about ghettos, deportations, gas vans, death camps, and the people who witnessed or survived them.
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