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At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. Howeve...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Ken Tor, Itay (Producer), Schory, Noemi (Producer), Hersonski, Yael (Director, Screenwriter)
Format: Video
Language:English
Language Notes:In English.
Published: New York, NY : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010.
Series:Academic Video Online
Subjects:
Nazi concentration camps > Poland.
Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) > Poland > Warsaw.
World War, 1939-1945 > Motion pictures and the war.
World War, 1939-1945 > Personal narratives, Jewish.
East Germany (Historical Place)
Camps de concentration nazis > Pologne.
Holocauste, 1939-1945 > Pologne > Varsovie.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Cinéma et guerre.
Guerre mondiale, 1939-1945 > Récits personnels juifs.
Nazi concentration camps
War and motion pictures
Poland
Poland > Warsaw
1939-1945
Streaming video.
Internet videos.
documentary film.
Documentary films
Feature films
Personal narratives > Jewish
Documentary films.
Feature films.
Documentaires.
Online Access:Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press)
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Summary:At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. A FILM UNFINISHED presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film. A FILM UNFINISHED is a film of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.
Item Description:Title from resource description page (viewed June 24, 2016).
Physical Description:1 online resource (4 min.)
Playing Time:00:03:38
Awards:Won 2010 Jerusalem Film Festival The Jewish Experience Award, Forum for the Preservation of Audio-Visual Memory
Won 2010 National Board of Review, USA, NBR Award, Top Five Documentaries
Won 2012 Shanghai International TV Festival Magnolia Award, Best Documentary, Features
Won 2010 Sundance Film Festival Editing Award, World Cinema - Documentary
Won 2010 Women Film Critics Circle Awards, Best Documentary by or About Women
Nominated 2010 Granada Film Festival Cines del Sur, Golden Alhambra
Nominated 2012 Emmy Award, Outstanding Historical Programming - Long Form
Nominated 2010 San Diego Film Critics Society Awards, Best Documentary
Nominated 2010 St. Louis Film Critics Association, US, Best Documentary Feature Film
Nominated 2010 Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize, World Cinema - Documentary
Nominated 2010 Satellite Awards, Best Motion Picture, Documentary
Production Credits:Director of photography, Itai Neeman ; editor, Joëlle Alexis ; music, Ishai Adar.