Night and Fog
1956 · short film · TV-14 · 32 min · ★ 8.3 · 95% critics
Filmmaker Alain Resnais presents documentary footage and narration about the atrocities committed in Nazi concentration camps during World War II. The film looks at what happened behind the camps’ walls and juxtaposes past horrors with the present-day sites.
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Details
- Original title
- Nuit et Brouillard
- Years
- 1956
- Release date
- 1956-05-22
- Language
- French
- Rated
- TV-14
- Runtime
- 32 min
- Critic score
- 95/100
- TMDB rating
- 8.3/10 (565 votes)
About
You should watch if you want a concise, unforgettable Holocaust documentary that forces serious reflection, using archival images and stark narration; Not for you if you can’t handle graphic, disturbing real-world atrocities or prefer lighter viewing like Shoah or The Look of Silence.
Pros: powerful historical impact; unforgettable imagery; thought-provoking narration | Cons: very hard to watch; disturbing real footage; some find music distracting
Themes
- destruction of a civilization
- nazi
- germany
- world war ii
- prisoner of war
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- torture
- short film
Cast & crew
Michel Bouquet
as Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Reinhard Heydrich
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Streicher
as Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Directed by Alain Resnais