Friday | 29.03.24

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Claude Lanzmann: A Farewell

Following the screening, a conversation between Mimi Ash, Film Acquisitions & Research The Visual Center, Yad Vashem and director Benjamin Freidenberg

Claude Lanzmann: Specters of the Shoah

Dir.: Adam Benzine
| 58 minutes

At 87, Claude Lanzmann is interviewed about his life and work, with the monumental Shoah taking center stage. Alongside are personal stories about his life before becoming a filmmaker. A candid and genuine portrait of one of the most influential directors of our time.

Part 1

Shoah

Dir.: Claude Lanzmann

A cinematic epic uncovering the extermination of European Jewry during WWII, edited from over 350 hours of contemporary footage and not an inch of archival material. 

Part 2

Shoah

Dir.: Claude Lanzmann

A cinematic epic uncovering the extermination of European Jewry during WWII, edited from over 350 hours of contemporary footage and not an inch of archival material. 

Short intermission at the 2-hour mark

The Last of the Unjust

Dir.: Claude Lanzmann
| 220 minutes

While collecting materials for Shoah, Claude Lanzmann met Benjamin Murmelstein, the last president of the Theresienstadt Jewish Council. In 2012, he went back to these materials and discovered a composed hero that had to withstand cruel and painful moral tests.