| Series |
Criterion collection ; 197 |
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Criterion collection ;
197.
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| Note |
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. |
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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. |
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French dialogue, English subtitles. |
| Subject |
World War, 1939-1945 -- Concentration camps -- Drama.
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Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Buildings -- Drama.
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Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
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Concentration camps -- Europe.
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Documentary films. |
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Nonfiction films. |
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Video recordings. |
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Drama. |
| Alt 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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| Alt Title |
Night and fog |
| Note |
Title on container: Alain Resnais' Night and fog |
| Standard # |
0780026942 |
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9780780026940 |
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037429180822 |
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NIG110 Criterion Collection |
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