Night Will Fall
When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
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Cast
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Helena Bonham Carter
Narrator (voice)
Known for
Fight Club
Corpse Bride
Billy Wilder
Himself (archive footage)
Also in
The Legend of Marilyn Monroe
Jasper Britton
Narrator (German Concentration Camps Factual Survey) (voice)
Known for
Hijack
Blood
Toby Haggith
Self - Imperial War Museums
Richard Dimbleby
Self (archive photos/voice)
Also in
The Swiss Spaghetti Harvest
Winston Churchill
Self (archive photo)
Also in
Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike
Britain and the Blitz
Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive photos)
Known for
Sabotage
Sidney Bernstein
Self (archive footage/photo)
André Singer Director · Lynette Singer Writer Nicholas Singer Composer
United States release October 11, 2014 · Produced in Denmark, United Kingdom · Production Final Cut for Real
Production
Spring Films
Production
Final Cut for Real
Production
Denmark · United Kingdom
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Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English
Release dates
United Kingdom · June 7, 2014
Theatrical
United States · October 11, 2014
Theatrical
Germany
January 13, 2015 · Theatrical
Greece
April 20, 2017 · Theatrical
Netherlands
January 27, 2015 · TV · NPO 2
Norway
January 27, 2015 · TV · NRK2
United Kingdom
January 24, 2015 · TV · Channel 4
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