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Shoah: Four Sisters (2018)
, 7h14Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Claude Lanzmann
L'œuvre est composée de quatre films, d'environ une heure chacun, constitué d'images tournées par Lanzmann pendant les douze ans de travail sur Shoah, avec comme particularité que les quatre personnes interviewées par Lanzmann sont des femmes : Ruth Elias (vue brièvement dans Shoah), Paula Biren (idem), Ada Lichtman (témoignage 100 % inédit) et Hanna Marton (témoignage également 100 % inédit).
, 1h12Directed by Alfred Hitchcock
Origin United-kingdom
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Trevor Howard, Jasper Britton, Alfred Hitchcock
, 40minutesOrigin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Claude Lanzmann, Marcel Ophuls, France Roche, Jean-Paul Sartre
Centré sur un entretien où Claude Lanzmann revient sur sa vie et sur la réalisation de Shoah - les choix initiaux, les embûches, les dangers, la recherche de moyens pour mener à bien cette entreprise, l’épuisement…, Adam Benzine donne aussi à voir des fragments des rushes de Shoah.
, 52minutesOrigin France
Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about World War II
En mars de l'année 1941, le docteur Julius Hallervorden spécialiste des maladies du cerveau rencontre des responsables de l'opération T4 chargés par Hitler de l'extermination des handicapés mentaux. Son objectif : récupérer les cerveaux des victimes présentant certaines pathologies pour « faire avancer la science ». Le médecin a récupéré 690 cerveaux de victimes pour ses recherches médicales personnelles sur les pathologies mentales. Malgré cela, Julius Hallervorden a poursuivi une brillante carrière après guerre, sans jamais être inquiété. Le parcours de ce médecin est intimement lié à celui de l'opération dite « T4 », consistant à éliminer les handicapés physiques et mentaux et les personnes considérées comme inutiles et « asociales » par le régime nazi. Ce film documentaire raconte pour la première fois toutes les étapes de l'extermination des handicapés entre 1939 et 1945 dans l'Allemagne nazie.
To Be Takei (2014)
, 1h30Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Prison films, Films about racism, Films about sexuality, Films about television, LGBT-related films, Documentary films about business, Documentary films about the film industry, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur l'homosexualité, Political films, Documentary films about World War II, Space opera, LGBT-related films, LGBT-related film
Actors George Takei, Leonard Nimoy, Walter Koenig, William Shatner, Nichelle Nichols, Lea Salonga
The film narrates the life journey of actor and activist George Takei.
D-Day: Normandy 1944 (2014)
, 40minutesOrigin France
Genres War, Documentary, Historical
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about World War II
Actors François Cluzet
6 juin 1944: La plus grande opération alliée de la Seconde Guerre mondiale a commencé en Normandie.
, 1h32Genres War, Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
The film tells its story by relating the accounts of Jewish survivors "who return to Italy in their late adulthood to revisit the scenes of their worst nightmares: hidden in terror, fleeing in desperation, separated from loved ones, saying final goodbyes without knowing they were final."
Night Will Fall (2014)
, 1h15Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Alfred Hitchcock, Jasper Britton, Billy Wilder, Helena Bonham Carter
The film intersperses documentary film from German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, the 1945 documentary, with recent interviews with survivors and liberators. The producers, editors and cameramen who produced the 1945 documentary are featured, and its long delay is explored.
Siam Burma Death Railway (2014)
Origin Singapore
Genres Documentary
Themes Transport films, Rail transport films, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
This documentary film opens with WWII war between the Allied forces, comprising America – Australia – Netherlands, under the leadership of Great Britain, fought against the Axis countries of Germany – Japan and Italy. On such super-power Japan, which had been waiting for a long time, expecting an opportunity to materialize its plan of Greater Asia. It's Japan’s dream plan to extend its reign via Singapore, Malaya, Thailand and Burma up to India. On 8th Dec 1941, Singapore fell at the hands of Japan, which had begun the war in the name of Asian independence. Immediately, Japan decided to carry out its plan of Greater Asia. As a first step, Japan planned to lay the Siam – Burma railway line connecting Siam(i.e., Thailand) and Myanmar.
The Day the Sun Fell (2014)
, 1h18Genres Documentary, Historical
Themes Environmental films, Seafaring films, Transport films, Aviation films, Documentary films about environmental issues, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about nuclear technology, Documentary films about technology, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
, 1h39Origin Canada
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Forget Us Not (2013)
Directed by Heather E. Connell
Origin USA
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Ron Perlman
Forget Us Not is a look at the persecution and death of the 5 million non Jewish victims of the World War II Holocaust, and the lives of those who survived including:
The Last of the Unjust (2013)
Directed by Claude Lanzmann
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Films about racism, Films about religion, Documentary films about racism, Documentary films about law, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about religion, Political films, Films about Jews and Judaism, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Claude Lanzmann
Dans le cadre de ses travaux sur Shoah, Claude Lanzmann s'est longuement entretenu avec le rabbin Benjamin Murmelstein, au sujet de son rôle ambivalent comme haut fonctionnaire de la communauté juive de Vienne, contrôlée par Adolf Eichmann pendant la période nazie, et comme un « doyen juif » dans le camp de concentration de Terezín. En se filmant au présent sur les lieux évoqués dans les images de 1975, Lanzmann introduit une interrogation critique sur les moyens d'évoquer le passé au cinéma.
The Ghost Army (2013)
, 1h8Origin USA
Genres War, Documentary
Themes Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentaire sur une personnalité, Documentary films about health care, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
Actors Peter Coyote
The documentary tells the history of the secret U.S. Army unit of 1100 troops that was set up in 1944 and operated until 1945 in the final stages of World War II in the fight against German troops in various parts of Europe. They used a combination of different ways of visual, sonic and radio deception to convince the enemy of the presence of specific Army units that were in fact operating elsewhere. The unit included a large number of visual artists and designers who documented their experiences in paintings and sketches. The materiel employed in the 23rd Army Headquarters Special Troops' operations included decoys such as inflatable rubber tanks and jeeps as well as powerful loudspeaker trucks playing sound recordings of troop activity.
Les jours heureux (2013)
, 1h37Directed by Gilles Perret
Origin France
Genres Documentary
Themes Politique, Documentary films about war, Documentary films about historical events, Documentary films about politics, Political films, Documentary films about World War II
La rédaction du programme du Conseil national de la Résistance intitulé : Les jours heureux.