DVD
A film unfinished = Shtikat haarchion
Edition
Widescreen version.
Languages
In English, German, Hebrew, Polish and Yiddish, with optional English subtitles.
Publication Information
[New York] : Oscilloscope Laboratories, [2011]
Physical Description
1 videodisc (90 min.) : sd., col & b&w ; 4 3/4 in.
Audience
Not rated.
Summary
Using footage completely unparalleled, A film unfinished provides new insight into the Nazi propaganda machine, further exposing an agenda already known to be deceitful beyond our greatest beliefs. 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 long-missing film footage shot for "Ghetto," including multiple takes and cameramen staging the action, complicated earlier readings of the film. A film unfinished presents this footage, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, probing deep into the making of the now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.
Notes
Title from container.
Originally produced as a motion picture in 2010.
Special features: interview with author and film researcher Adrian Wood ; scholar Michael Berenbaum on A film unfinished ; Death mills (1945), a short film by Billy Wilder that includes some of the first footage shot from within concentration camps post-liberation ; study guide for educators and students to gain a deeper understanding of the themes and lessons in the film.