Bibliograph

Nuit et brouillard, Night and fog, Janus Films ; une co-production Como Films, Argos Films, Cocinor ; [produced by] S. Halfon, A. Dauman, Ph. Lifchitz ; texte, Jean Cayrol ; réalisation, Alain Resnais

Type

Label

Nuit et brouillard, Night and fog, Janus Films ; une co-production Como Films, Argos Films, Cocinor ; [produced by] S. Halfon, A. Dauman, Ph. Lifchitz ; texte, Jean Cayrol ; réalisation, Alain Resnais

Language

fre

Characteristic

videorecording

Intended audience

Not rated

Main title

Nuit et brouillard

Oclc number

52479939

Responsibility statement

Janus Films ; une co-production Como Films, Argos Films, Cocinor ; [produced by] S. Halfon, A. Dauman, Ph. Lifchitz ; texte, Jean Cayrol ; réalisation, Alain Resnais

Runtime

Series statement

Criterion collection, 197

Sub title

Night and fog

Summary

Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage

Table Of Contents

Credits -- Building the camps -- "Another planet" -- "Man is resilient" -- Extermination -- "Who is responsible?" -- Color barsSpecial features: Crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie -- Optional isolated music track -- Excerpt from an audio interview with Alain Resnais, from "Les Etoiles du cinema (1994) -- In accompanying leaflet: Information about the composer, Hanns Eisler, by Russell Lack ; New essay about the film by Phillip Lopate

Target audience

general

Technique

live action

resource.variantTitle

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