Alain Resnais famed 1955 French documentary "Night And Fog" took the world by storm... many knew about the death camps in Poland, but few had ever seen the horror of the aftermath of the Holocaust... the dead bodies that were gassed or shot dead but not yet cremated or buried and the collection of shoes, human hair and clothing of the tens of thousands who were cremated was too horrific still for most to imagine in 1955...
Well this film was made by the legendary Billy Wilder 10 years prior, but seldom seen... and this film was more refined, more brutal and featured much more horrific footage then "Night And Fog"
This short 22 minute documentary is actually a truncated version of a documentary titled "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey" but the full 75 minute film would not be completed for another 70 years, losing much of it's potency in the time since.
I can imagine the reaction in 1945 when the war had just ended, judging by the reaction of 'Night And Fog', it would probably pass for a terrifying horror film
Well this film was made by the legendary Billy Wilder 10 years prior, but seldom seen... and this film was more refined, more brutal and featured much more horrific footage then "Night And Fog"
This short 22 minute documentary is actually a truncated version of a documentary titled "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey" but the full 75 minute film would not be completed for another 70 years, losing much of it's potency in the time since.
I can imagine the reaction in 1945 when the war had just ended, judging by the reaction of 'Night And Fog', it would probably pass for a terrifying horror film