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Documentary about the making of a 1945 film by director Alfred Hitchcock about the liberation of Europe by Allied forces. Commissioned by Sidney Bernstein, chief of the Psychological Warfare section of the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), the film looks deep into what went...

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Main Authors: Singer, André, 1945- (Author), Haggith, Toby (Author), James, Nick (Author), Russell, Patrick (Museum curator) (Author)
Corporate Author: British Film Institute
Other Authors: Singer, Lynette (Screenwriter), Bonham Carter, Helena, 1966- (Narrator)
Format: DVD
Language:English
Hebrew
Russian
Published: London : BFI, [2015?]
Subjects:
World War (1939-1945)
1939-1945.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Europe > Sources.
World War, 1939-1945 > Atrocities > Sources.
World War, 1939-1945 > Concentration camps > Liberation > Sources.
Atrocities.
Concentration camps.
Europe.
Documentary films.
Documentary television programs.
Historical films.
Feature films.
Nonfiction films.
Nonfiction television programs.
Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Sources.
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Summary:Documentary about the making of a 1945 film by director Alfred Hitchcock about the liberation of Europe by Allied forces. Commissioned by Sidney Bernstein, chief of the Psychological Warfare section of the Supreme Headquarters of Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF), the film looks deep into what went on in the infamous German concentration camps. As it was deemed unsuitable to show at the time, it was stored away in the vaults of the Imperial War Museum (IWM) and found 40 years later by an American researcher. Now, fully restored by the IWM's Dr. Toby Haggith, the footage is ready to be shown to audiences and this documentary tells the story of the lost film.
Item Description:Coded for region 2; user must have a DVD player that will play region 2 DVDs.
Non-US format, will not play on standard machines.
Dates from package copyright on container.
Originally released as documentary in 2014.
Includes fragments of the documentary "German concentration camps factual survey" produced by Sidney Bernstein and Alfred Hitchcock; restored and completed by IWM in 2010-2014.
Booklet (32 pages ; illustrations) with full credits and essays by Nick James, André Singer, Toby Haggith and Patrick Russell inserted in container.
Special features: original trailer; US propaganda film about the Nazi concentration camps Death Mills (Hanuš Burger and Billy Wilder ; 1946 ; 22 min.); Russian propaganda film about the Nazi concentration camp Oświȩcim (Auschwitz) (1945 ; 22 min.); Belsen Death Camp Leaders Meet Justice (1945, 2 mins): short newsreel about the trial of Nazi war criminals at Nuremberg; Night Will Fall--Panel Discussion (2014 ; 13 mins); Interview with Dr. Jeremy Hicks at Auschwitz Concentration Camp (2014 ; 24 mins); Interview with Professor Rainer Schulze at Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp (2014 ; 28 mins); interview with Professor David Cesarani at Buchenwald Concentration Camp (2014 ; 25 mins); Interview with Caroline Moorehead (2014 ; 13 mins); stills gallery.
Physical Description:1 videodisc (75 min.) : sound, color, with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 booklet (32 pages ; 18 cm)
Format:DVD9; PAL, region 2; original aspect ration (1.78:1), multi-aspect ratio ; Dolby Digital 2.0 stereo audio and Dolby Digital 5.1 surround audio.
Audience:Rated: 15+; footage of real Holocast victims.
Awards:Sheffield International Documentary Festival, 2014: Special Mention (Andre Singer). Jerusalem Film Festival, 2014: The Jewish Experience Award (Andre Singer).
Production Credits:Cinematography, Richard Blanshard ; editing, Aril Lahav, Stephen Miller ; music, Nicolas Singer.

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