Imaginary witness : Hollywood and the Holocaust / directed by Daniel Anker ; produced by Daniel Anker, Ellin Baumel ; produced in association with BBC ... [and others] ; a production of Anker Productions, Inc. in association with Films Transit International Inc.

Publication | Not Digitized | Library Call Number: DVD-0521

Overview

Summary: This documentary examines the American film and television industry's response to the rise of Adolph Hitler and the Nazi persecution of the Jews before, during, and after World War II. Uses film clips, newsreel footage and interviews of filmmakers and Holocaust survivors.
Variant Title: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Format: Video
Published: Port Washington, NY : Distributed by Koch Entertainment, [2009]
Locale: United States
Other Authors/Editors: Anker, Daniel.
Baumel, Ellin.
Hackman, Gene, narrator.
Spielberg, Steven, 1946-
Lumet, Sidney, 1924-2011.
British Broadcasting Corporation.
Anker Productions.
Films Transit International Inc.
Koch Entertainment (Firm)
Notes: Videodisc release of the 2004 motion picture.

"Red Envelope Entertainment ; Koch Lorber Films."

Executive producers, Diana Holtzberg, Jan Rofekamp ; cinematography, Tom Hurwitz, Nancy Schreiber, Dyanna Taylor ; editor, Bruce Shaw ; original music, Andrew Barrett.

Narrator, Gene Hackman ; featuring: Norma Barzman, Michael Berenbaum, Robert Berger, Robert Clary, Dan Curtis, Stanley Frazen, Neal Gabler, Annette Insdorf, Sidney Lumet, Brank Lustig, Abby Mann, Gene Reynolds, Sharon Rivo, Thane Rosenbaum, Vincent Sherman, Steven Spielberg, Martin Starger, Rod Steiger, George Stevens Jr., Marvin Wald, Fritz Weaver.

DVD; widescreen (16:9); Dolby digital 2.0.

Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.

Language: English
ISBN: 1417201878
9781417201877
Physical Description: 1 videodisc (92 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.

Subjects: Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in motion pictures. Jews in motion pictures. Motion picture industry--United States--History. Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) Video recordings.

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