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Holocaust (1978)
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: USA
Duration: 95 min.
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Holocaust is an American television miniseries broadcast in four parts in 1978 on the NBC television network. The series tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS, who gradually becomes a merciless war criminal. Holocaust highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War II, such as Kristallnacht, the creation of Jewish ghettos and later, the use of gas chambers. Although the miniseries won several awards and received critical acclaim, it was criticized by some, including noted Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, who described it as "untrue and offensive."
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historical drama, depressing, anthology, touching, bleak, serious, captivating, emotional, realistic, disturbing ...
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holocaust, concentration camp, shoah, nazi, world war two, ss officer, world war, holocaust survivor, nazi germany, zionism, civil engineer, nudity, nazi occupied poland, love, hitler, terrorism, wartime, german soldier, intrigue, revolutionary, revolution, german history, control, ignorance, struggle ...
Time:
year 1935, 1940s, 1930s, 20th century, year 1942, year 1943, year 1938 ...
Place:
germany, poland, berlin germany, europe
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Genre: Drama
Country: USA
Duration: 113 min.
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Country: UK
Duration: 143 min.
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Duration: 118 min.
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ss, holocaust, wartime life, nazi occupation, human spirit, world war two, children, selflessness, rescue, idealism, hopes, deportation ...
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Duration: 115 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: USA
Duration: 150 min.
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bleak, spiritual, independent film, uplifting, realistic ...
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Genre: Biography, Drama, Music, War
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Duration: 150 min.
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Duration: 108 min.
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Genre: Drama, History, War
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Country: USA
Duration: 100 min.
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Duration: 87 min.
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Genre: Drama, History, Romance, War
Country: Czech Republic
Duration: 107 min.
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Country: USA
Duration: 179 min.
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In 1947, four German judges who served on the bench during the Nazi regime face a military tribunal to answer charges of crimes against humanity. Chief Justice Haywood hears evidence and testimony not only from lead defendant Ernst Janning and his ...
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black and white, political, philosophical, emotional, disturbing ...
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Duration: 95 min.
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Genre: Biography, Drama, History, War
Country: Germany
Duration: 270 min.
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A reassessment of the role Albert Speer played in the Third Reich. Speer, who was ultimately convicted at the Nuremburg trials and served a 20-year prison sentence, was known for designing many of the Third Reich's buildings and for being ...
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