A Film Unfinished / a production of Belfilms ; coproduced with Mittle Deutsche Rundfunk, MDR Südwestfunk, SWR ; Yes.docu ; in cooperation with Arte ; a film by Yael Hersonski ; produced by Itay Ken-Tor and Noemi Schory ; written and directed by Yael Hersonski.
Ken Tor, Itay, producer.; Schory, Noemi, producer.; Hersonski, Yael, director, screenwriter.; Berenbaum, Michael, 1945- interviewee.; Arte (Firm), production company.; Belfilms (Firm), production company.; Mitteldeutscher Rundfunk, production company.; Südwestfunk (Baden-Baden, Germany), production company.; Yes Doco (Television channel : Israel), production company.
2010
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A Film Unfinished / a production of Belfilms ; coproduced with Mittle Deutsche Rundfunk, MDR Südwestfunk, SWR ; Yes.docu ; in cooperation with Arte ; a film by Yael Hersonski ; produced by Itay Ken-Tor and Noemi Schory ; written and directed by Yael Hersonski.
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New York, NY : Oscilloscope Pictures, 2010.
Language
English
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In English.
Description
1 online resource (4 minutes)
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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.
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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
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
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