Oscilloscope Laboratories presents
A FILM UNFINISHED
Directed by Yael Hersonski
On DVD March 8th, 2011
View the trailer here:
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FEATURES “DEATH MILLS” (1945), A RARELY SEEN SHORT FILM BY
BILLY WILDER – INCLUDES SOME OF THE EARLIEST FOOTAGE SHOT FROM WITHIN CONCENTRATION CAMPS POST-LIBERATION.
“Moving, mysterious and intellectually provocative.”
-Jeanette Catsoulis, New York Times
“A ghostly, gripping documentary. A kind of historical detective story.”
-Joe Neumaier, New York Daily News
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings of the footage. A FILM UNFINISHED presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.
A FILM UNFINISHED is a film of enormous import, documenting some of the worst horrors of our time and exposing the efforts of its perpetrators to propel their agenda and cast it in a favorable light.
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Also available at most major retailers.
SPECIAL FEATURES
- Interview with author and film researcher Adrian Wood
- Scholar Michael Berenbaum on A Film Unfinished
- Death Mills (1945), a short film by Billy Wilder
- Study Guide for educators and students to gain a deeper understanding of the themes and lessons in the film
- With an exclusive essay by author and film scholar Annette Insdorf
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