- Summary
- Following the liberation of the Nazi death camps, thousands of hidden artworks created by inmates were discovered, offering profound insights into life inside the camps. Artists and Holocaust survivors explore the meaning of these artifacts in the greater context of the Holocaust.
- Variant Title
- Because I was a painter : art that survived Nazi camps
Parce que j'étais peintre : l'art rescapé des camps nazis
- Format
- Video
- Published
- New York, NY : distributed by The Cinema Guild, [2015]
- Edition
- Widescreen
- Other Authors/Editors
- Cognet, Christophe, film director, de screenwriter.
Breschand, Jean, screenwriter.
Spitzer, W. (Walter), interviewee.
Pierre-François Moreau (Screenwriter), screenwriter.
Fosty, José, interviewee.
Willenberg, Samuel, interviewee.
Bacon, Yehuda, 1929- interviewee.
Zaorska, Kristina, interviewee.
Huit Production, production company.
Augenschein Filmproduktion, production company.
Cinema Guild, publisher.
- Notes
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Documentary.
Title from container.
Program content: ©2013.
"The never before told story of art in the concentration camps."
Includes trailer.
Cinematography, Nara Keo Kosal ; film editing, Catherine Zins.
Featuring Walter Spitzer, José Fosty, Samuel Willenberg, Yehuda Bacon, Kristina Zaorska.
DVD; NTSC; widescreen presentation.
In French, German, Hebrew, English, and Polish with optional English subtitles.
