Facing the Phantoms

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Facing the Phantoms (2009)

Directed by Jean-Louis Comolli

Documentary · 1h 39m

French film and WWII historian Sylvie Lindeperg analyzes Alain Resnais's seminal 1956 film, "Night and Fog", and attempts to place it in the context of the historical treatment of WWII, and specifically of the Holocaust, in the decade following those harrowing events. Oddly, she argues that the images of Resnais's famous film are "powerless", in her words.

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Cast

Crew

Director
Jean-Louis Comolli

Details

Original title
Face aux fantômes
Release date
2009-01-01
Runtime
1h 39m
Genres
Documentary
Original language
EN
Spoken languages
French