Shoah (1985)
Overview · Where to watch · Cast & crew · Reviews
Director Claude Lanzmann spent 11 years on this sprawling documentary about the Holocaust, conducting his own interviews and refusing to use a single frame of archival footage. Dividing Holocaust witnesses into three categories – survivors, bystanders, and perpetrators – Lanzmann presents testimonies from survivors of the Chelmno concentration camp, an Auschwitz escapee, and witnesses of the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising, as well as a chilling report of gas chambers from an SS officer at Treblinka.
- Released: 1985-04-21
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Runtime: 9h 26m
- Status: Released
- TMDB rating: 8.2/10 from 228 votes
Directed by Claude Lanzmann.
Top cast
- Claude Lanzmann as Self - Interviewer
- Simon Srebnik as Self
- Michael Podchlebnik as Self
- Motke Zaidl as Self
- Jan Karski as Self
- Paula Biren as Self
- Abraham Bomba as Self
- Inge Deutschkron as Self
- Ruth Elias as Self
- Richard Glazar as Self
Where to watch Shoah
- United States: stream on Philo; rent on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home; buy on Amazon Video, Apple TV Store, Fandango At Home
- United Kingdom: watch free on BBC iPlayer; rent on Pijama Films
- India: rent on Pijama Films
- Canada: rent on Apple TV Store; buy on Apple TV Store
- Australia: rent on Pijama Films
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