The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933–1945
| Movie | |
|---|---|
| Original title | The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933–1945 |
| Country of production | Germany |
| original language | German |
| Publishing year | 1980 |
| length | 89 minutes |
| Age rating | FSK 6 |
| Rod | |
| Director | Dieter Hildebrandt |
| script | Dieter Hildebrandt Gerhard Schoenberner |
| production |
Arthur Cohn Bengt von zur Mühlen |
| music | Wolfgang de Gelmini |
| camera | Nicolas Joray |
| cut | Helga Kruska |
| occupation | |
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The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933–1945 is a German documentary film from 1980. The directorial work by the author Dieter Hildebrandt was nominated in 1981 for the Oscar for “ Best Documentary ”. The screenplay is based on the book The Yellow Star by Gerhard Schoenberner , published by Rütten & Loening Verlag, Hamburg, from 1960.
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The film sheds light on the persecution of the Jewish population after Hitler came to power and tries to find answers to the working hypothetical question of why there was so little popular resistance. Hildebrandt reports on selfless attempts by Jewish people to resist the Nazis and shows pictures of the so-called Reichskristallnacht . The film also deals with the apparently peaceful conditions in the Warsaw Ghetto from 1940 until the uprising in spring 1943 .
Reviews
The lexicon of international films judged: "The authenticity of the images in connection with the historical background and environment as well as its intelligent and impressive presentation give the film a high information value that triggers more than just consternation."
At the Duisburg Film Week 1981, the film was judged rather negatively by the audience.
Awards and nominations
The yellow star was nominated in 1981 for an Oscar for “Best Documentary”. The producer Bengt von zur Mühlen received the Bavarian Film Prize in January 1981 .
Web links
- The yellow star - Persecution of Jews 1933-1945 in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933–1945 in the Lexicon of International Films
- The yellow star on fk-thueringen.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Portrait of the author on hanser-literaturverlage.de , accessed on January 31, 2012.
- ↑ The Yellow Star - The Persecution of the Jews 1933–1945 in the Lexicon of International Films , accessed on January 31, 2012.
- ↑ The Yellow Star (pdf; 764 kB), minutes of the panel discussion during the Duisburger Filmwoche, November 15, 1980, accessed on January 31, 2012.
- ^ The 53rd Academy Awards (1981) Nominees and Winners
- ↑ German film and television history 1981 on deutsches-filmhaus.de, accessed on January 31, 2012.