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Movie Reviews of Holocaust
Movie Review: Holocaust
Summary: 5 Stars
Excellent 5 part mini series. This follows the family of a Jewish doctor beginning in Berlin just as the Nazi regime is raising to power. Deportation, Warsaw ghetto, concentration camps, gassing, fighting in the resistance, the story follows each family member. While it cannot actually show the horror, it does give an excellent account of what happened and the progression from prewar life to the ghetto and then the death camps. It also follows a German man who needs a job so joins the SS and slowly becomes a very cold blooded planner of Jewish extermination.
The cast is top notch and acting excellent. I usually don't watch movies twice but I am now watching this series for the second time. I like the way it is set up as a series and I watch one episode per evening. This is a must have for the video library of anyone who has an interest in the happenings of that time.
Movie Review: Holocaust DVD Review
Summary: 5 Stars
I first saw this series as a 9 year old on TV in 1979 and I really loved it back than. At that age, most of the ideas of the series went straight over my head. I have seen the series on DVD in 2008 and this is really awesome. It's really worth watching. And also serves as a really good example of history coming to life on TV too.
Another thing. On TV, this series ran for 9.5 hours. On DVD (and VHS) it runs for 7.5 hours. The quantity 60 * 7.5 / 9.5 gives 47.4 . ie 47.4 minutes of TV show per hour and 12.6 minutes of adverts per hour. The legal maximum of TV adverts per hour is 13 minutes here in Australia. I guess it's the same in the USA as well. This calculation assumes that on TV, Holocaust was interrupted by adverts. Being on NBC, I think this would be true.
Movie Review: How long do we have to wait???????
Summary: 5 Stars
One of the best if not THE BEST dramatization of that horrific period of human history. The story is about the Family Weiss, an upper class German Family, who happened to be Jewish, and because they were Jewish were considered "unworthy of life" WHO DARES TO SAY THAT OF ANYONE? The tapestry is woven of the doctor and his stalward wife as his family and extended family is removed, one by one, from the face of human history. I, a non-Jew, can never forget nor forgive my government for standing by and allowing this horror to go on, because it was inconvenient or not top priority at the time. PLEASE, PLEASE bring this video statement to DVD ASAP! We've waited long enough.Movie Review: The Holocaust
Summary: 5 Stars
This was a miniseries, which makes it rather long but I loved every minute of it. The price was so low for a movie of this length and depth that I was amazed. It's the story of how WWII changed the lives of two families, one German Jews and one German Nazis. They were related by the marriage of a son and daughter and the horror that follows is so true to history, that it leaves you simply stunned that it could have happened at all. It could almost be used as a history lesson. It will draw you in as you watch real photographs of Nazi horror artfully mixed in the movie. It's a tribute to how the Jewish people of that era lived, loved, fought and died.Movie Review: choiceless choices
Summary: 5 Stars
I use this film in the classes I teach. Both families make choices, both share the consequences of those choices. The wealthy suffer, the poorer suffer. The differences are astounding. This film is a great teaching tool, is one all should see if we hope to make better choices for our world and the people in it. Historically the piece is on target. It keeps ones attention and shows how society and individuals in society are swept up in a movement that may seem relatively harmless at the beginning, but can cause endless harm and suffering to the masses.