Film

How Holocaust came to Television

2019 · 44m · Documentary

At the beginning of 1979, after more than 30 years of collective repression, a dramatized and emotional US television miniseries ensured that the German population was suddenly reminded of the terrible Nazi crimes against the Jews. What is now expressed with the hitherto unknown word Holocaust, hits many millions of people in the heart. The unexpected echo and the audience reactions were fierce. Even before the TV broadcast neo-Nazis blasted in vain transmitting towers in Germany to prevent this. From the creation and the shooting over the broadcast to the tremendous reactions, documentary filmmaker Alice Agneskirchner tells the story of this emotional television event, which led to a paradigm shift in the perception of German Nazi crimes.

Nadja Schulz-Berlinghoff

Narrator

Rosemary Harris

Self

Blanche Baker

Self

Michael Moriarty

Self

Hanna Lessing

Self

Marvin J. Chomsky

Self

Pia Arnold

Self

Robert Berger

Self

Günter Rohrbach

Self

Michael Schmid-Ospach

Self

• Alice AgneskirchnerDirector

Release date

January 14, 2019

Status

Released

Original language

German

Runtime

44m

Genres

Documentary

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