Holocaust

original title:
Holocaust
other titles:
(Holocaust - Die Geschichte der Familie Weiss)
country / year of production:
USA / 1978
original length:
475 min. , color
premiere:
16 April 1978
genre:
melodrama
based on:
director:
Marvin J. Chomsky
film script:
Gerald Green
producer:
cinematographer:
editor:
composer:
cast (role):
Tom Bell , Joseph Bottoms , Tovah Feldshuh
more:
plot synopsis:
The film consists of four parts and deals with the extermination of Jewish people during National Socialism in Germany. The episodes tell the story of the family of the Jewish doctor Weiss, who get into Hitlers machine of mass destruction.
keywords:
expulsion , Holocaust , pogrom , rape , concentration camps , partisans
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
literature:
Kathryn Bernheimer. The 50 Greatest Jewish Movies: A Critic's Ranking of the Very Best. Secaucus: Carol Publishing, 1998, 156-159.
remarks:
The term 'Holocaust' didn't barely exist in the German language until the '80s. Due to the great success of the mini series it became common knowledge.

Won several prices, for example two "Golden Globes" and eight (!) "Emmys".
availability:
VHS NTSC