Holocaust films

I thought I would start a thread in reference to good holocaust films.. it may provide interest to anyone needing to do research or someone interested on watching a historical film on that terrrible time.

I do have a bit of a collection of holocaust films that I liked.. So here is a small list of good holocaust films... Please feel free to add to the list...


this has got to be the best and most accurate holocaust film ever made. It tops the list...

Schindler's List
1993


The Pianist
2002


Life is Beautiful
Italian film (excellent) 1997


The Counterfeiters
germany 2007



Triumph of the spirit

1989



Fateless
hungary 2005

Excellent film... haunting and powerful.

trailer
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Boy in the stripped pajamas
2007



Jakob the Liar
1999



The grey Zone
2001

please feel free to add more to the list.


"... in spite of everything, I still believe that people are really good at heart. I simply can’t build up my hopes on a foundation consisting of confusion, misery, and death. I see the world gradually being turned into a wilderness, I hear the ever approaching thunder, which will destroy us too, I can feel the sufferings of millions and yet, if I look up into the heavens, I think that it will all come right, that this cruelty too will end, and that peace and tranquillity will return again." - Anne Frank

 

good thread suzie,, have seen a few of them, some serious, some light hearted too, like! life is beautiful, and jakob the liar..ray..

 

Whilst these aren't exactly films like those mentioned above, they are more docudramas by the BBC:

Auschwitz, The Nazis and the Final Solution
The Relief of Belsen - 2007
Conspiracy - 2001

 

Thanks waggy for the docudramas.. I going to look for them... thanks

 

Ray i forgot about Sophie Choice, another great film.

 

it was good suzie, not till the end do you understand the title..

 

rod steigers "The Pawnbroker" is another one..

 

from 2006, this is good too. I have seen the film, this is the version suzie...




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Great thread, here are some more:

Escape from Sobibor 1987



The Holocaust mini series 1978

 

Add to this list a film called "KAPO X"

 

odessa file and marathon man...

 

I saw a truly haunting film on cable one afternoon. It was about a Jewish housewife who went shopping, and was picked up in a roundup by the SS. Thrown into a cell, she is transfered to a death train. Held in a barn, she is raped by the Jewish occupants...this galvanizes her into action, and she simply opens the barn door, to the amazement of the SS, (Who exclaim "WHAT are you DOING you J@# B*&%$!!)...Walking towards the nearest officer, she somewhat patiently and sweetly claims to have left her Kenkarte back at her flat. The Officer is so amazed he puts her on a civilian train, back to her town, where she gets out and goes home, arriving back on the same day, just as though she spent the day shopping...

I forget the name, but it's a compelling film, leaving you amazed from start to finish...

I believe the film is American, (principle actress is), and I wish I could remember it's name....worth a look.

 

I found this documentary about the holocaust which is quite amazing.. true story of a group of elementary students from a small town in Tennessee in late 1990's . They were learning about the holocaust.. but the students had a hard time imagining what 6 million jews killed was like, they could not comprehend what 6 million was.. So they created a project called "the paperclip project"... they were to find 6 million paperclips each one to represent a life lost in the holocaust. they sent letters all around the world, contacted holocaust survivors, presidents, journalists, actors and asked for paperclips. Over 6 Million of paperclips from all around the world poured back to the students including thousands of letters! Even holocaust survivors sent letters back and visited the students, telling their story.


A group of students in Germany sent a suitcase back to tennesses with paperclips each one tagged with letters asking Anne Frank for forgivness.


I looked all around the web and I found the video of the documentary online.. quite amazing group of kids.


take a look,

Paper Clips - Watch the Documentary Film for Free | Watch Free Documentaries Online | SnagFilms

 

http://www.auschwitz.dk/rescuers/id17.htm

 

i got the Courageous heart of Irena Sendler recorded from the Television. I still haven't see it though. I heard it was really good. Well i least now I know Irena Sendler survived the war

 

good film it is suzie, you'll enjoy it...

 

good film skipper.......my post earlier the 12th, ray..

 

the devil's arithmetic

1999

great movie especially for younger people. it's about a present day teenager dissasociated with her culture and her jewish faith. One day she black's out at passover dinner and wakes up back in time to Poland during the holocaust. She relives what her family went through . It's hard to explain, but the story line is actually quite good..

the movie is available online in parts on YouTube for anyone interested.

YouTube - The Devil's Arithmetic part1

 

not one I've heard of suzie, another recommended to me "The Grey Zone"

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this one I have seen, and thought it very good...