Storyline
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
Cast & Crew
Claude Lanzmann
Self - Interviewer
LeadSS
Simon Srebnik
Self
MP
Michael Podchlebnik
Self
MZ
Motke Zaidl
Self
JK
Jan Karski
Self
PB
Paula Biren
Self
AB
Abraham Bomba
Self
ID
Inge Deutschkron
Self
What People Are Saying
5.0
“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Claude Lanzmann's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. Shoah is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
