Israel / France 1977
Language: German, Hebrew, Jiddish
Subtitles: German
Director: David Bergmann, Haim Gouri, Jacques Ehrlich, Miriam Novitch, Zvi Shner
Script: Haim Gouri
Editor: Jacques Ehrlich
Music: Joseph Mar- Heim
Producer: David Bergman, Jacques Ehrlich, Haim Gouri, Beit Lohamei HaGhettaot
Distributer: Arsenal Distribution
Lenght: 115 min
Format: BD
Color: sw
Age Limit: <

HAMAKAH HASHMONIM VEAHAT is a perfect example for a neglected milestone: A collage of historic materials concerning the general Nazi terror and especially the Holocaust composed to some kind of musical drama – testimonies about the crimes of Adolf Eichmann were arranged to songs, which drive the movie and its narrative. A cinematic work, that caused quite a stir (nominee as best documentary for the 1974’s Oscars) but was aesthetically too far apart from everything that was considered consensus to manifest itself in history. Long forgotten, this movie was digitally made available again and grows to be a grand discovery.