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Genocide (1981 film)

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Genocide
Directed byArnold Schwartzman
Written byMartin Gilbert
Marvin Hier
Arnold Schwartzman[1]
Produced byRabbi Marvin Hier
Arnold Schwartzman[2]
Narrated byElizabeth Taylor
Orson Welles[3]
CinematographyPeter Shillingford
Edited byBob Jenkis
Music byElmer Bernstein[4][5]
Production
company
Distributed byUnited Artists Classics[6]
Release date
  • 1981 (1981)
Running time
90 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish

Genocide is a 1981 American documentary by Arnold Schwartzman.[7][8]

Summary

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The film documents the history of the Holocaust and the reminiscences of those who survived it in support of the fact that, as one of the survivors stated, it can happen again with the rise of anti-Semitism.[9][10][11]

Reception and legacy

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Michael Berenbaum, project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum described the movie as "a substantive piece of work" but "watching it is like sitting in a dentist's chair where the drill begins at the first moment and doesn't let up till the end of the two hours. If it had, it might have been more effective. In a real sense, that is Marvin Hier."[12]

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[13] the first Holocaust film to win such an honor.[14][15]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ FilmAffinity
  2. ^ Documentary Winners: 1982 Oscars
  3. ^ TCM.com
  4. ^ Genocide - Elmer Bernstein|AllMusic
  5. ^ Genocide - Intrada
  6. ^ "Genocide (1982)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
  7. ^ "Arnold Schwartzman, OBE, Filmmaker, Designer, Author". CTC. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
  8. ^ BFI
  9. ^ WorldCat.org
  10. ^ "'Genocide', View of Holocaust". The New York Times.
  11. ^ "Cinema: Hell Enough". Time.
  12. ^ "The Unorthodox Rabbi : By Invoking the Holocaust and Bullying the Establishment, Marvin Hier Has Made The Simon Wiesenthal Center the Most Visible Jewish Organization in the World". Los Angeles Times. July 15, 1990. Retrieved August 30, 2020.
  13. ^ 1982|Oscars.org
  14. ^ Genocide - Trailer - YouTube
  15. ^ The Most Powerful Documentaries About the Holocaust - MovieWeb
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