Claude Lanzmann's' Shoah '

Claude Lanzmann's poignant and responsive study of the Jewish extermination during World War II was more than a decade in the making and lasts nine hours. The result is a film historical uniqueness that radically refrains from using archival footage and historical photographs. Here are no kz prisoners, no bodies. In the film's opening, Lanzmann instead directs the camera at an open, lush field. Only the text of the picture — “Treblinka” — reminds us that something unfathomable has taken place right here. The images are accompanied by long, uninterrupted first-hand accounts from survivors, witnesses and (former) Nazis. 'Shoah' revolves around the aesthetics of absence and all that can no longer be seen but is still present. At the same time, like few other films, it is an overwhelming reminder that the art of cinema is first and foremost an art form in and of the present.

Director: Claude Lanzmann
Country/year: France, 1985
Runtime: 566 min.
Formato: DCP
Language: English subtitles
Age limit: Allowed for children over 15

Part of the series: Long (som) Sunday
With Lang (som) Sunday, Cinemateket in each program offers cinephile extreme sports for all those who love long film narratives. In October-December you can experience Robert Kramer's unique American direction 'Route One/USA' and Claude Lanzmann's monumental Holocaust film 'Shoah'.