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Shoah - 1st Era, Part One

Claude Lanzmann's landmark, monumental epic of the Holocaust. With an assemblage of witnesses, death camp survivors and Nazi functionaries whose combined testimony amounts to one of the most shattering human documents ever recorded.

Year: 1985
Genre: Alice's 500 Greatest Films, Documentaries, War Docos, Film Festivals 1987, Best of the 1980s, Movies (1001 You Must See Before You Die)
Country: France
Director: Claude Lanzmann
Duration: 147 Minutes
Rating: PG
Subtitles: Yes
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