Films about the holocaust, The Piano, Shindlers List?

Question

Can anyone recommend any films set during the holocaust?

Answer 1

iMDb lists 496 films with Holocaust as their theme. You can click on each film to get synopses, reviews, etc. --http://imdb.com/keyword/holocaust/

http://www.holocaust.co.il/ lists the following as 'must see:'

Schindler's List (1993), Directed by Steven Spielberg
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0108052/
Oskar Schindler uses Jews to start a factory in Poland during the war. He witnesses the horrors endured by the Jews, and starts to save them.

Shoah (1985), Directed by Claude Lanzmann
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0090015/
Claude Lanzmann directed this 9 1/2 hour documentary of the Holocaust without using a single frame of archive footage. He interviews survivors, witnesses, and ex-Nazis (whom he had to film secretly since though only agreed to be interviewed by audio).

Au revoir, les enfants (1987), Directed by Louis Malle
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0092593/
A French boarding school run by priests seems to be a haven from World War II until a new student arrives. He becomes the roommate of top student in his class. Rivals at first, the roommates form a bond and share a secret.

The Pianist (2002), Directed by Roman Polanski
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0253474/
A brilliant pianist, a Polish Jew, witnesses the restrictions Nazis place on Jews in the Polish capital, from restricted access to the building of the Warsaw ghetto. As his family is rounded up to be shipped off to the Nazi labor camps, he escapes deportation and eludes capture by living in the ruins of Warsaw.

This is a true story in which director Roman Polanski draws upon his personal experiences as a Holocaust survivor in Poland. Adrien Brody became the youngest actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for his potrayal of pianist Vladislaw Spielman.

The Long Way Home (1997), Directed by Mark Jonathan Harris
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0119561/
After WWII, Jewish Holocaust survivors are moved into Displaced Persons' camps. After delays, more physical hardship, and years of uncertainty, they are permitted to begin new lives in Israel and the U.S.

Tregua, La (1997), Directed by Francesco Rosi
http://us.imdb.com/title/tt0117959/
This is the true story of Italian Jews returning home from Auschwitz after the war. It deals with their experiences in readjusting to life and their fears about what they will find at home.

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Answer 2

Schindler's list is the obvious one, but I personally think The Pianist is even better. Although you don't see any concentration camps in the film, it shows one man doing anything he can to survive through the holocaust - superb film.

Other titles worth checking out are Life is beautiful, Fateless, and Europa europa. Also The big red one shows US soldiers discovering a camp at the end of the film. If you like courtroom dramas then I also highly recommend a film called Judgement at Nuremburg, where Nazi's are brought to justice after the war.

Answer 3

I recommend "Life Is Beautiful", it depicts the Holocaust how a father tries to hide the evils of the Holocaust from his son by pretending they are on an "adventure". A great made-for-television movie is "The Devil's Arithmetic" with Kirsten Dunst. It's about how a young woman learns about the Holocaust by being transported in time to a concentration camp, where she lives the life as a refugee and how she learns about the fate of the Jewish people. It's a very powerful movie!

Answer 4

Other than those already mentioned there is a TV movie called Conspiracy with Kenneth Branagh and Stanley Tucci. Its basically about a meeting of Nazi generals and them coming up with the Final Solution. Its brilliantly done and so chilling. I thought it was as powerful as something like Schindler's List or The Pianist just in a completely different way.

Seek it out, you can get it on DVD.

Answer 5

some of the good 1's i can recommend

Escape from Sobibór
The Diary of Anne Frank
Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss
The Last Days
A Love in Germany (Liebe in Deutschland)

Answer 6

I'd go for Schindler's List, although Shoah(1985),is much more comprehensive.
It's an uncompromising, 565 minute long depiction of the attrocities.
And I think you mean The Pianist (with Adrien Brody), not The Piano.

Answer 7

Schindler's List is, in my opinion, the best.

Night Of The Generals
The Accountant
The Holocaust (TV mini-series)

Answer 8

Schindler's List....best holocaust movie...you got the guts to see it, 'cos it takes a lot. Boys From Brazil is about the Holocaust, too.

Answer 9

Pretty much every German film I've ever seen, whether filmed in German dialogue, or set in Germany, has had some mention of Nazis and Hitler. I understand it was a really big thing, but I can only name one movie spoken in German that has nothing to do with the war, and that's Run, Lola, Run. I suppose Das Boot should be mentioned here, however.

Answer 10

Exodus was good with Kirk Douglas.The three
you list were good but the one i liked was a film
called The Big Red One with Charles Coburn.this contains seen of concentration camps.