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  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 28 m

Summary Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagand...

Directed By: Yael Hersonski

Written By: Yael Hersonski

  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 28 m
  • 2010
  • Unrated
  • Oscilloscope
  • 1 h 28 m

A Film Unfinished

Metascore Universal Acclaim Based on 19 Critic Reviews
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Summary Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagand...

Directed By: Yael Hersonski

Written By: Yael Hersonski

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A profoundly unnerving historical document.
By Steven Rea FULL REVIEW
90
Dec 7, 2010
To say that the film is uncomfortable to watch is an understatement. It's searing. Yet it's also invaluable.
By Bill Goodykoontz FULL REVIEW

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90
Remarkable as much for its speculative restraint as for its philosophical reach.
By Jeannette Catsoulis FULL REVIEW
90
It becomes a meditation on the dual nature of film, on a "reality" at once true and false, essential and tainted.
By David Edelstein FULL REVIEW
83
Oct 21, 2010
If it can seem like there's no end of films about the Holocaust, it might be because there is no bottom to the well of crime, inhumanity and evil described by that ghastly event.
By Shawn Levy FULL REVIEW
80
Hersonski enriches this evidence by bringing in survivors of the ghetto, who tell stories of life there while watching the film themselves.
By John DeFore FULL REVIEW
70
Just when we thought there were no new twists to the story of the Warsaw Ghetto comes this documentary: focused, sorrowful and revelatory.
By Mark Keizer FULL REVIEW
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Release Date Aug 18, 2010
Duration 1 h 28 m
Rating Unrated
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Tagline In 1942 The Nazi Propaganda Machine Was Hard at Work. 70 Years Later, The Deceit is Finally Unmasked
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Awards

Sundance Film Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Shanghai International TV Festival
• 1 Win & 2 Nominations
Cinema Eye Honors Awards, US
• 2 Nominations

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