THEME EXPLORATION

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

9 films · 2 directors

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FILMS THAT EXPLORE THIS
Phoenix
Phoenix
2014 · Christian Petzold
The Phoenix
The Phoenix
1978 · Kon Ichikawa
Getting Even
Getting Even
1909 · D.W. Griffith
The Seventh Cross
The Seventh Cross
1944 · Fred Zinnemann
V-E +1
V-E +1
1945 · Samuel Fuller
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
Merry Christmas, Mr. Lawrence
1983 · Nagisa Oshima
Night and Fog
Night and Fog
1956 · Alain Resnais
The Counterfeiters
The Counterfeiters
2007 · Stefan Ruzowitzky
Women's Camp 119
Women's Camp 119
1977 · Frank Miller
DIRECTORS WHO EXPLORE THIS
Steven Spielberg USA

'Schindler's List' (1993) depicts the Holocaust with unflinching realism and includes pivotal scenes at Auschwitz, while Spielberg also founded the Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation.

 Andrzej Wajda Poland

'Ashes and Diamonds' and his other works grapple with the Holocaust's impact on Polish consciousness, and he documented the Auschwitz trials and memorial's significance in European memory.