Without it, this is simply a documentary, albeit an extremely good one. Thank you for your interest in holding a screening of Night Will Fall. In the 1930s three Australian's, Michael, Daniel and James ... See full summary », An Intermission is a portrait of contemporary Britain as seen through the eyes of a group of young people experiencing homelessness. Night Will Fall is both an unforgettable document of the holocaust and a compelling story of filmmaking endeavour achieved in the most challenging of logistical and political environments. While he worked on it a short time, commentators believe that he strongly influenced its shape and expression. This is an extraordinary record. When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps their terrible discoveries were recorded by army cameramen, revealing for the first time the horror of what had happened. Not Rated | 1h 15min | Documentary, History, War | 5 December 2014 (USA) Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps. [3], The film received critical acclaim. Documentary. [2], The Imperial War Museum received the footage and script in 1952. In a small hair salon, eight boys get their hair cut. Intertwined with interviews of both survivors and liberators, as well as short newsreel films and raw footage from the original film, the 2014 documentary chronicles the atrocities that occurred in the concentration and labour camps of Bergen-Belsen, ... Narrator for German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, Andre Singer on When Herzog Met Gorbachev, Cannes documentary prize goes to 'Samouni Road'; full Doc Day report, Kew Media Beefs Up Non-Fiction Slate With Six Movies Including Judi Dench Doc ‘Nothing Like A Dame’, Self - Commandant, Bergen-Belsen Concentration Camp, Self - United States Holocaust Museum, 1995-2013, German Concentration Camps Factual Survey. What seemed like a good idea in 1945 became a problem by June and July." As the barber works, the director asks the boys questions. Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. Bernstein brought in Richard Crossman to write the film's narration and had Alfred Hitchcock flown over from Hollywood to advise on the structure. It won in the Best Use of Footage in a History Production and in the Cinema Production categories. Originally made with a German soundtrack for screening in occupied Germany and Austria, this film was the first documentary to show what the Allies found when they liberated the Nazi ... See full summary », EN - Twelve-year-old Bertha uses her creativity and entrepreneurship as an outlet, but above all as a force to fight against Wolfram, her rare and debilitating disease. I Identified the snakes and dispelled liars. "[9] The New York Times called it "not a film you’re likely to forget," and that "what the new film accomplishes, more than anything else, is to make you wish you could see the original. View production, box office, & company info. Nick Riganas. April 1945. "[4], The film's score, composed by Nicholas Singer, was nominated for Best Composition in a Feature Film at the 2015 UK Music and Sound Awards. Night Will Fall Lyrics. But be warned. Helena Bonham Carter Jasper Britton. [Verse 1] It's been a long road through the hellfire. It recounts the production of German Concentration Camps Factual Survey, which included the assembling of a team that included "perhaps the best known film editor in London," Stewart McAllister, Hitchcock and Richard Crossman. Night Will Fall is a documentary that was originally shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 just after the war ended, and it’s about the atrocities the victors discovered upon finding the Nazi death camps, which were scattered all across Europe. Night Will Fall isn't simply a film about the war, it documents the power of emerging technologies to reveal and publicise war crimes - something that also feels acutely relevant today. Night Will Fall was broadcast in the UK on Channel 4 on 24 January 2015 as a single continuous programme, without any commercial breaks. After production was initiated and editing was nearly completed, the British government shelved the film without showing it to the public. 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