SoftInloveRox Horrible, fascist and poorly acted

Nessieldwi Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

Taraparain Tells a fascinating and unsettling true story, and does so well, without pretending to have all the answers.

Janis One of the most extraordinary films you will see this year. Take that as you want.

gavin6942 The history of Nazi Germany's death camps of the Final Solution and the hellish world of dehumanization and death contained inside.This is an early Holocaust documentary, possibly the first really successful one. At only a half hour, it is short but really gets to the point. We see the ovens, we see all we need to if we are to understand how awful everything was.The director has said this was intended as an allegory to France in Algeria. That is fascinating. Not only is it "Look at how bad the Nazis were" (which is universally agreed upon), but it is also "Let us not be like them in our own military adventures".As a bonus, Chris Marker ("La Jetee") worked on this one.

Hitchcoc This haunting film tears at our very essence. Narrated by a Holocaust survivor in a subdued, restrained voice, some of the most horrific images of inhumanity are presented matter-of-factly, having more impact than virtually any other cinematic presentation I've seen. I had a high school teacher who, himself, was in a German prison camp. After his own liberation, he had the experience of being part of the force that went into the death camps. He showed us pictures that I'm sure would have been seen as inappropriate for our young eyes. These images have stayed with me my whole life. I owe him a debt of gratitude for his courage in bringing us into his world. I think that this brief film probably did the same thing for people of that era. The films that have been put together, the still photos, and the insightful commentary have an enormous impact. Don't watch unless you have a strong stomach. The pictures tell the story and they pull no punches.

valbrazon A movie i've seen in history class and i assumes it's very disturbing, mostly when you are only 12 years old. It's only thirty-two minutes but it's very shocking, it's unfortunately what happened. A voice-over without emotions will comment the movie, even this voice is uncomfortable. You can't forget a film like this, it's more powerful than a lesson about World War II. Alain Resnais made the only movie which make you think about the concentration camps and the Nazi Germany. If you never seen this film, you absolutely should watch it, it's maybe not for everyone but it's history.

Armand testimony. cold, precise, powerful, profound. about Shoah. about us. it is not a history lesson or pledge for well know past. it is not a masterpiece. it is presentation of truth. not exactly truth about Auschwitz or Nazi crimes. but about every dictatorship, every form of totalitarian regime. because Resnais film is create in 1955. the war is over. the Cold War is present. the Gulag, Sighet or Pitești phenomenon are parts of reality. it is not Schindler list or adaptation of memories. it is a powerful cry. out of rules, political correctness, excuses or pink drops. images are skin of an open wound. any cure, any medicine. only images, faces, pictures, gray words. and conscience as prey. that is all. rest is silence. or taste of ash. or exercise of imagination about yourself as crumb of a murder without limits or object of comparison.