Nuit et brouillard : Night and fog /
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 w...
| Uniform Title: | Nuit et brouillard (Motion picture) |
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| Corporate Authors: | , , , , |
| Other Authors: | , , , , , |
| Format: | Video DVD |
| Language: | French |
| Language Notes: | In French, with optional new and improved subtitles in English. |
| Published: |
[United States] :
Criterion Collection,
[2003]
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| Series: | Criterion collection (DVD videodiscs) ;
197. |
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| 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. |
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| Item Description: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. A foreign film (France). Aspect ratio 1.33:1. New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound. Special features: Excerpt from an audio interview with Alain Resnais, from Les étoiles du cinéma (1994) -- Optional isolated music track -- New essay about the film by Philip Lopate -- Essay about composer Hanns Eisler by Russell Lack -- Crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie. Videorecording. |
| Physical Description: | 1 videodisc (31 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in. + 1 folded sheet ([8] pages : illustrations ; 19 cm.). |
| Format: | DVD; Dolby digital mono. |
| Audience: | Not rated. |
| Production Credits: | Directors of photography, Ghislain Cloquet, Sacha Vierny ; music, Hanns Eisler ; production designer, Edouard Muszka. |
| ISBN: | 0780026942 |