Storyline
When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
Cast & Crew
Helena Bonham Carter
Narrator (voice)
Lead
Jasper Britton
Narrator (German Concentration Camps Factual Survey) (voice)
Toby Haggith
Self - Imperial War Museums
Richard Dimbleby
Self (archive photos/voice)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive photo)
Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive photos)
Sidney Bernstein
Self (archive footage/photo)
What People Are Saying
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. André Singer's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
“Every frame feels alive. Night Will Fall is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
