The Witnesses (1961)
This film brings to life a vanished world: that of the Warsaw Ghetto, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1944 uprising. Two authentic "reconstruction" sources have been used to this end: photographic and cinematographic documents recorded at the time and discovered in Poland, East Germany, Israel and France; and the oral testimonies of 44 survivors, invited to evoke their personal tragedy in front of the images put before their eyes.
Director: Frédéric Rossif
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Nadine Alari as Narrator / Voice |
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Jean Perrot as Narrator / Voice |
| Production | Pierre Braunberger | Producer |
| Writing | Madeleine Chapsal | Writer |
| Editing | Suzanne Baron | Editor |
| Writing | Frédéric Rossif | Writer |
| Sound | Maurice Jarre | Music |
| Directing | Frédéric Rossif | Director |