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Genocide

7.5(20)19821h 24m1

The mass murder of Jewish people by the Nazi regime is chronicled, with a warning that anti-Semitism is on the rise and the events of the Holocaust could happen again. The history of European Jewish culture and events before and during the Holocaust are seen in newsreels, photographs, and animated segments. The words of the victims of the era are read, and footage from the liberation os a concentration camp is shown.

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Released
Budget
$3M
Box office
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Language
English
  • holocaust (shoah)
  • world war ii
  • nuremberg trials
  • archive footage
  • 1940s
  • 1930s
  • adolf hitler
  • war documentary
  • historical documentary

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United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical14 Mar 1982

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Genocide was released on 14 March 1982.

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    CinemaSerf

    10/17/2025

    7/10

    Orson Welles anchors the narration here describing some of the most heinous imagery from human history. He commences with a potted history of the often enforced transient existence of the Jewish communities in Europe before bringing us to twentieth century Germany where millions are unemployed, the economy is still on it’s knees after the defeat in the Great War and homelessness is rife. Skilfully navigating this nat…

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