The shame of oblivion

Movie
German title	The shame of oblivion
Original title	Never forget
Country of production	United States
original language	English
Publishing year	1991
length	94 minutes
Rod
Director	Joseph Sargent
script	Ronald Rubin
production	Robert B. Radnitz
music	Henry Mancini
camera	Kees Van Oostrum
cut	Michael Brown
occupation
Leonard Nimoy : Mel Mermelstein Dabney Coleman : William John Cox Blythe Danner : Jane Mermelstein Paul Hampton : Richard Fusilier Jason Presson : Bernie Mermelstein Juliet Sorci : Edie Mermelstein Nicholas Fee : David Mermelstein Benji Gregory : Kenny Mermelstein

The shame of forgetting (original title: Never Forget ) is a drama by Joseph Sargent from 1991 with Leonard Nimoy and Dabney Coleman in the lead roles.

The film is based on a true story that took place in the United States in the 1980s .

action

Mel Mermelstein is a Jew of Hungarian descent who was the only one of his family to survive the Holocaust . After the war he immigrated to the United States and has lived in California ever since . There he has founded a family and a company over time. At the same time, he also gives lectures on the Holocaust and against forgetting this event, whereby he has also built a shrine about what happened next to his house. He does this because he promised his father before he became a victim of the Holocaust.

One day he is asked by a right-wing organization, the Institute for Historical Review , which denies the Holocaust, to provide evidence of the extermination of the Jews. They promise him $ 50,000 if he can produce such evidence. Although Jewish organizations advise against accepting the provocation, he decides to defend himself and with the help of the Irish lawyer William Cox he finally succeeds in using a legal trick to have the matter brought to justice.

There, after a bitter confrontation with this organization, Mel succeeded in having the Holocaust recognized as a fact in the American courts. He also gets the organization to pay him damages later and apologize to him and others like him. Still, the Institute for Historical Review and other right-wing organizations continue to advocate that the Holocaust is a lie, and this continues to be emphasized. So the confrontation over this issue continues despite everything.

criticism

"A (television) docudrama with an impressive lead role, which is committed to combating racism and the misunderstanding of history."

- Film service

"Unusual, very subtle Holocaust film"

- Cinema

Web links

• The shame of forgetting in the Internet Movie Database (English)
• The shame of oblivion in the online film database
• The shame of forgetting at rotten tomatoes (English)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NEVER FORGET Cinema . Retrieved March 27, 2018.
2. ↑ The Shame of Forgetting Film Service . Retrieved March 21, 2018.
3. ↑ NEVER FORGET Cinema . Retrieved March 27, 2018.