(Hollywood und der Holocaust [de])
USA 2004
d: Daniel Anker
Arte TV (Region 0 de)
sc: Daniel Anker
c: Tom Hurwitz, Nancy Schreiber, Dyanna Taylor (Color, DV)
e: Bruce Shaw
m: Andrew Barrett
p: Daniel Anker, Ellin Baumel (Anker Productions)
w: Gene Hackman, Norma Barzman, Jack Benny, Michael Berenbaum, Robert Berger, Humphrey Bogart, Tom Brokaw, LeVar Burton, James Cagney, Charles Chaplin, Robert Clary, Montgomery Clift, Bud Cort, Dan Curtis, Michael Dunn, Ralph Edwards, Ralph Fiennes, Eva Herzberg Florsheim, Stanley Frazen, Neal Gabler, John Garfield, Ruth Gordon, Rosemary Harris, Adolf Hitler, Annette Insdorf, Martin Luther King, Ben Kingsley, Kevin Kline, Hanna Bloch Kohner, Carl Laemmle, Carole Lombard, Sidney Lumet, Branko Lustig, Peter MacNicol, Abby Mann, Liam Neeson, Gerald P. Nye, Jack Oakie, Moyshe Oysher, Gregory Peck, Millie Perkins, Gene Reynolds, Sharon Rivo, Heinz Rühmann, Irene Sachs, Maximilian Schell, Vincent Sherman, Steven Spielberg, Martin Starger, Rod Steiger, George Stevens Jr., James Stewart, Meryl Streep, Margaret Sullavan, Hannah Taylor-Gordon, Spencer Tracy, Malvin Wald, Harry M. Warner, Fritz Weaver, Richard Widmark, Jade Williams, James Woods
pr: 06 Mai 2004
aw: Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival 2004 Special Jury Award Documentary Research • Hamptons International Film Festival 2004 Audience Award Best Documentary
rt: 91:21 min
dvd-rl: 25 Jän 2006
ar: 1.78:1 (4:3 Letterboxed Widescreen)
sd: German MPEG-1 1.0 Mono
st: --
supp: --
The American film industry took it upon itself to act as a cheerleader for United States and Allied military interests during World War II, but Hollywood was initially reluctant to directly condemn Nazi anti-Semitism, and it wasn't until years after the war ended that American filmmakers began offering a realistic, dramatic look at the horrible toll of Hitler's "final solution." "Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust" is a documentary which examines how filmmakers reacted to German scapegoating of Jews before, during, and after the war, ranging from the boldness of "Confessions of a Nazi Spy" and "The Mortal Storm" (both of which were produced before America entered the war) to more oblique statements during the war itself, and then finally leading to an honest portrayal of the full consequences of the Holocaust beginning in the '50s. Produced for the cable television network American Movie Classics, "Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust" was premiered at the 2004 Tribeca Film Festival.
— Mark Deming, AMG
