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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust(2004)
Status: Released
Date: 2004-01-01
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13 Votes
Time: 1h 32m
Overview:
Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in our culture, and while hardly exhaustive, Anker’s film makes for a good, thought provoking starting point.
Languages: English.
Countries:
United States of America
ProductionCompanies:
Anker Productions Inc.
Movie: Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust
Top 10 Billed Cast
Gene Hackman
Narrator
Norma Barzman
Self
Robert Clary
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Dan Curtis
Self
Ralph Edwards
Self
Ralph Fiennes
Self
Ben Kingsley
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Sidney Lumet
Self
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