Behind the scenes
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GreatGoodWatch score75
GreatGoodWatch scoreSummary
A Jewish Holocaust survivor travels through Germany recalling scenes from his memory. This documentary follows a Holocaust survivor in 1965 on an emotional pilgrimage to Bergen Belsen, the last of 11 concentration camps where he was held by the Nazis.
Good for
- Drop-in friendly
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Skip it if
- You need an uplifting mood
- You want fast pacing
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Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 78GoodWatch 76
IMDb7.8
Running time
58 min
Shorter than 9 in 10 documentaries, −38 min on the typical 96
typical 9658Half of all documentaries run 89–107 min.
Reach
Streams in 2 countries
Released
1967
September 25, 1967
59 years ago
Genre
DocumentaryLanguage
English
Original language
Made in
- Canada
25 people
- BLBernard LauferHimself - Holocaust Survivor
- EBEmil BednarekHimself - Auschwitz Guard
- WBWilhelm BogerHimself - Auschwitz Guard
- ABArthur BreitwieserHimself - Auschwitz Disinfectant Officer
- VCVictor CapesiusHimself - Auschwitz Druggist
- MDMr. DreckmannHimself - Holocaust Survivor
- ZGZenon GotaszewskiHimself - Holocaust Survivor
- GHGlyn HughesHimself - British Army, Liberator of Belsen
- OKOswald KadukHimself - Auschwitz Guard
- JKJosef KlehrHimself - Auschwitz Guard
- DKDr. KurzgeHimself - Holocaust Saviour
- JKJoachim KüglerHimself - Prosecutor
- JLJoey LauferHimself - Son of Survivor
- ELErik LüthHimself - Remorseful German
- EMErika MillayHerself - Holocaust Survivor
- RMRobert MulkaHimself - Auschwitz Adjutant
- NPNorbert PragerHimself - Holocaust Survivor, Funeral
- JRJosef RosensaftHimself - Holocaust Survivor
- GSGiuseppe SaragatHimself - President of Italy
- WSWilli SchatzHimself - Auschwitz Dentist
- JSJohann SchoberthHimself - Auschwitz Gestapo
- KSKlara SilbernikHerself - Holocaust Survivor
- HWHerbert WeichmannHimself - Jewish Mayor of Hamburg
- Peter WeissHimself - Playwright
Directing · 2
- Donald Brittain Director
- John Spotton Director
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