Łódź Ghetto
7.7
“They knew their words would reach you.”
The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors are vividly chronicled via newsreels and photographs. The narration is taken almost entirely from journals and diaries of those who lived–and died–through the course of the occupation, with the number of different narrators diminishing as the film progresses, symbolic of the death of each narrator.
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Cast
16 people
Jerzy Kosiński
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
Known for
Reds
Theodore Bikel
(voice)
Known for
The African Queen
My Fair Lady
Jerzy Kosinski
Mordechai Chaim Rumkowski
Stephen Samuels
Alan Adelson
Julie Cohen
(voice)
Also in
Once Upon a Time in America
Streetwalkin'
Kate Taverna
Barbara Rosenblat
(voice)
Known for
Moon Knight
Orange Is the New Black
Nicholas Kepros
(voice)
Known for
Amadeus
David Warrilow
(voice)
Known for
Barton Fink
Radio Days
Lynn Cohen
(voice)
Known for
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire
Sex and the City
Frederick Neumann
(voice)
Also in
The Prince of Tides
I Love You, I Love You Not
Alan Adelson Director · Kate Taverna Director Wendy Blackstone Composer
United States release March 22, 1989 · Produced in United States · Languages English, German, Polish
Production
Corporation for Public Broadcasting
Production
The National Endowment for the Humanities
Production
United States
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · German · Polish
Release dates
United States · October 23, 1988
Premiere · Chicago International Film Festival
United States · March 22, 1989
Limited theatrical · New York City, New York
United States
April 15, 1989 · Premiere · USA Film Festival
France
June 4, 2013 · DVD premiere
Germany
February 16, 1989 · Premiere · Berlin International Film Festival
Japan
October 29, 1994 · Theatrical
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