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Mood:
- ContemplativeEmotionalSincereThought Provoking
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- Anti HeroesLeadershipSurvivalUncover TruthHuman SpiritMoral DilemmaAnti SemitismGenocide more...
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Genres:
- IndependentDocumentaryHistoricalPeriodWar
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- 30s40sWorld War 2
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- EuropeConcentration Camp
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- Oscar Winner
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Genocide, 1982
English
USA
Profile of Genocide
Genocide can be described as thought provoking, emotional, and contemplative. The plot revolves around anti semitism, genocide, and the Holocaust. The main genres are independent, documentary, and period. In approach, Genocide is serious and realistic. It is set, at least in part, in a concentration camp. It is located in Europe. Genocide takes place during World War 2 and in the 1930s. The movie has received attention for being an Oscar winner.
Summary of Genocide
In 1981 this film became the first Holocaust documentary to receive an Academy Award, and it remains today a chilling, heartbreaking testament to the strength and suffering of the Jewish people and the courage and heroism of those who came to their aid. With beautiful narration by Orson Welles and Elizabeth Taylor, the film begins by providing a look at the flourishing Jewish community in pre-war Europe, and then traces their grim trajectory through the ghettos, camps, and prisons of the Nazi regime, introducing the lost victims and brave heroes along the way.
Details
| Language: | English |
| Country: | USA |
| Release date: | 14 March 1982 |
| Runtime: | 90 min |
| Awards: | Academy Awards |
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