Genocide (1981 film)
| Genocide | |
|---|---|
| Directed by | Arnold Schwartzman |
| Written by | Martin Gilbert Marvin Hier Arnold Schwartzman[1] |
| Produced by | Rabbi Marvin Hier Arnold Schwartzman[2] |
| Narrated by | Elizabeth Taylor Orson Welles[3] |
| Cinematography | Peter Shillingford |
| Edited by | Bob Jenkis |
| Music by | Elmer Bernstein[4][5] |
Production company | |
| Distributed by | United Artists Classics[6] |
Release date | 1981 |
Running time | 90 minutes |
| Country | United States |
| Language | English |
Genocide is a 1981 American documentary by Arnold Schwartzman.[7][8]
Summary
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]
Accolades
It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,[12] the first Holocaust film to win such an honor.[13]
Reception
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."[14]
See also
References
- ^ FilmAffinity
- ^ Documentary Winners: 1982 Oscars
- ^ TCM.com
- ^ Genocide - Elmer Bernstein|AllMusic
- ^ Genocide - Intrada
- ^ "Genocide (1982)". AFI Catalog of Feature Films. Retrieved January 10, 2022.
- ^ "Arnold Schwartzman, OBE, Filmmaker, Designer, Author". CTC. Archived from the original on January 20, 2013. Retrieved November 16, 2008.
- ^ BFI
- ^ WorldCat.org
- ^ "'Genocide', View of Holocaust". The New York Times.
- ^ "Cinema: Hell Enough". Time.
- ^ 1982|Oscars.org
- ^ Genocide - Trailer - YouTube
- ^ "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.