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The Death Train
8.0 / 10• 2019• 52m•NR• French
DocumentaryHistoryWarTV MovieCrime
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In Iasi, Romania, from June 28 to July 6, 1941, nearly 15 000 Jews were murdered in the course of a horrifying pogrom. At the time, the programmed extermination of European Jews had not yet began. After the war, the successive communist governments did all they could to ensure the Iasi pogrom would be forgotten. It was not until November of 2004 that Romania recognized for the first time its direct responsibility in the pogrom. All that remains of this massacre are about a hundred photographs taken as souvenirs by german and romanian soldiers, and a few remaining survivors.
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“A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Nellu Cohn's vision lands with breathtaking precision.”
4.0
“Every frame feels alive. The Death Train is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.”
