Hidden Bibliographic Details
Varying Form of Title: | Night and fog Title on container: Alain Resnais' Night and fog
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Other authors / contributors: | Dauman, Anatole, 1925-1998
Halfon, Samy.
Lifchitz, Philippe.
Cayrol, Jean.
Resnais, Alain, 1922-2014
Cloquet, Ghislain.
Vierny, Sacha, 1919-2001
Bouquet, Michel.
Eisler, Hanns, 1898-1962.
Muszka, Edouard.
Como Films.
Argos Films.
Cocinor (Firm)
Janus Films.
Criterion Collection (Firm)
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ISBN: | 0780026942
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Notes: | Originally released as a motion picture in 1955. Special features : crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie ; optional isolated music track ; new essay about the film by Phillip Lopate ; excerpt from an audio interview with Alain Resnais, from "Les Etoiles du cinema (1994) ; information about the composer, Hanns Eisler, by Russell Lack. Directors of photography, Ghislain Cloquet, Sacha Vierny ; narrator, Michel Bouquet ; music, Hanns Eisler ; production designer, Edouard Muszka ; executive producers, Peter Becker, Fumiko Takagi. DVD, region 1, full screen presentation; Dolby digital mono. French dialogue, English subtitles.
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Summary: | Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, this piece documents the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz and Majdanek. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust and contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps' quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage.
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Target Audience: | MPAA rating: Not rated.
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Standard no.: | 037429180822
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Publisher's no.: | NIG110 Criterion Collection
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