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Night and Fog (1956)

Genre : History, Documentary, War

Runtime : 32M

Director : Alain Resnais
Writer : Jean Cayrol

Synopsis

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Actors

Michel Bouquet
Michel Bouquet
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Reinhard Heydrich
Reinhard Heydrich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Streicher
Julius Streicher
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Crews

Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Director
Jean Cayrol
Jean Cayrol
Screenplay
Philippe Lifchitz
Philippe Lifchitz
Producer
Anatole Dauman
Anatole Dauman
Producer
Samy Halfon
Samy Halfon
Producer
Hanns Eisler
Hanns Eisler
Original Music Composer
Alain Resnais
Alain Resnais
Editor
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
Assistant Director
André Heinrich
André Heinrich
Assistant Director
Anne Sarraute
Anne Sarraute
Assistant Editor
Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue
Orchestrator
Jean-Charles Lauthe
Jean-Charles Lauthe
Assistant Director
Jacqueline Chasney
Jacqueline Chasney
Sound Recordist
Henry Ferrand
Henry Ferrand
Special Effects
Chris Marker
Chris Marker
Script Editor
Henri Colpi
Henri Colpi
Sound Recordist
Ghislain Cloquet
Ghislain Cloquet
Director of Photography
Sacha Vierny
Sacha Vierny
Director of Photography

Trailers and other movies

The Kapos from the Alain Resnais movie
Joshua Oppenheimer on NIGHT AND FOG (Part 2)

Posters and backgrounds

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