Shoah

In the organizer's words:

Documentary film, France 1985, Director: Claude Lanzmann, 272 min, DCP, original version with English subtitles, with Claude Lanzmann, Simon Srebnik, Michael Podchlebnik and others.

Claude Lanzmann's epochal documentary about the systematic extermination of the European Jews by the National Socialists is the central milestone in the cinematic examination of the Shoah and the question of the representability of Nazi crimes.

In detailed interviews with survivors, perpetrators and eyewitnesses, which are as impressive as they are depressing in their directness, and with long shots of the scenes of the crimes, Lanzmann succeeds in bringing the events of the past to life in the truest sense. "I got people to speak by slipping into the role of an attentive listener rather than by asking questions. I later learned that you have to have a lot of knowledge to be able to ask questions at all."

We are showing the film in two parts and in cooperation with the Kinemathek Karlsruhe.

Part 1 will be shown on Saturday, January 25 at 3 pm in the Blauer Salon, part 2 on Sunday, January 26 at 11 am in the Kinemathek.

The events are part of the nationwide cinema initiative "January 27", which was initiated by the Haus des Dokumentarfilms in Stuttgart and in which numerous cinemas throughout Germany are participating.

Price information:

Free admission, donation requested. Admission 30 minutes before the movie starts.