May 01 2010
Buy Holocaust
I weak to bid Holocaust history for about 8 years at the high school level, and have not only read many books on the subject but also watched numerous films on the genre. This 1978 mini-series is in my understanding, one of the best depictions of the Holocaust on hide.
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The series is location in Germany correct about the time Adolf Hitler and the Nazi party are in power [the period covered is about 1935-45]. The series focusses on the trials of the Weiss family, a prominent Jewish family with the patriarch being a decorated war feeble, a grandmother, two sons, Dr Josef Weiss [Fritz Weaver] and his wife Berta [Rosemary Harris], a pharmacist Moses Weiss [Sam Wanamaker], and three grandchildren, an artist Karl [James Woods], a rebel Rudi [Joseph Bottoms], and young Anna.
The series begins with the celebration of the marriage between Karl [James Woods] and his Aryan wife Inga [Meryl Streep]. The Weiss relate the assimilated Jewish family, they are not particularly religious yet proud to be Jewish, and are at ease with their Gentile friends. Yet, murky clouds are starting to procure over them and the rest of Germany’s Jews as the Nazi party’s anti-semitic policies are about to be achieve into action. It begins with dinky things like Dr Josef Weiss not being able to treat his Aryan patients anymore and things earn worse from that point on. Kristallnacht [Night of the Broken Glass] sees the destruction of Jewish property and businesses and worse is to near.
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The series tries to relate the leisurely persecution of the Jews before the escalation into the alarm that became the Shoah. Dr Weiss is deported to Poland, where he ends up with his brother Moses in the Warsaw Ghetto. The other members of the family are also to suffer as Karl the artist is sent off to a concentration camp, leaving his wife Inga desperate to hear news of him. Rudi leaves home to join the partisans, and his mother and sister are left to fend for themselves.
There are some truly horrifying scenes in this series and may not be generous for younger viewers. Mass cancel, such as Jews being burned alive, the Babi Yar Massacre in the Ukraine, and of course the gassings are all portrayed with a high degree of realism that makes one flinch and grieve at the same time for all the innocent lives lost.
The series not only focusses on the Weiss family, for there is a parallel storyline entertaining a German named Erik Dorff [Michael Moriarty], an unemployed lawyer who at the behest of his wife decides to join the base SS, reporting directly to Reinhard Heydrich[ David Warner], the blond beast who was responsible for implementing many of Hitler’s sadistic policies against the Jews. We gaze how Erik keeps justifying the execute of innocents ["We must retain killing them, don't you study? If we end it's an admission of guilt!], and how he turns out to be such a cold-blooded human with no feelings whatsoever [a brief attack of conscience is soon forgotten]. This is very reminiscent of many of the high-ranking SS officers in history, as Rudolf Hoss, the Commandant of Auschwitz himself remained unrepentant till the ruin.
I am very elated that this incredible series of such considerable historic significance is to be finally made available on DVD and i hope that it will characterize the series in its entirety with preferably added features such as interviews with the cast etc. A must-have for anyone eager in the Holocaust!
UPDATE: The DVD place contains 3 discs, and is NR. It runs approx. 7 hrs and 29 mins.When I compared my worthy stale out VHS version with the DVD station, I did sight some missing scenes. I’m not obvious why this is so. Another customer actually commented that up to an hour of the fresh note is missing [? ]. Once again, I’m not definite as to the justification for this. Also, there are no bonus features which is a disappointment considering this is the 30 year Anniversary edition. It would have been nice to have some interviews with cast members, the director, producer, even a Making Of segment.The quality of the recount transfer is average. However, despite these flaws, and considering the fact that it has taken 3 decades for this narrative mini-series to be released on DVD, I would composed recommend “Holocaust” as a must-watch for those alive to in the genre.
I PRE-ORDERED THIS Position AS SOON AS IT WAS ANNOUNCED.I SAW THIS MINISERIES
BACK IN 1978 WHEN IT AIRED ON NBC OVER 4 NIGHTS.THE AMAZON Note FOR THIS
ITEM IS Substantial AT ONLY $19.95 - BUT THE Stutter IS NOT SO Titanic.PICTURE
AND SOUND IS O.K.-NO MORE.PRINTED IN Microscopic LETTERS ON THE Attend OF THE
BOX IS THE DISCLAIMER “MAY BE EDITED FROM THE Unique NETWORK BROADCAST”
MAYBE IS Upright..THIS Space CLOCKS IN AT ABOUT 449 MINUTES WHICH IS 26-34
MINUTES LESS THE Bulky RUNNING TIME.WHATS MORE THERE ARE NO FEATURES ON
THIS 3 DISC SET-NOT A SINGLE ONE.CBS VIDEO AND PARAMOUNT SHOULD BE ASHAMED
OF THEMSELVES..THE 30 YEAR “ANNIVERSARY EDITION” OF THIS MINISERIES WHICH
WAS TRULY A TELEVISION LANDMARK DESERVED Mighty,Grand BETTER..
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