Genocide (1981 film)

Genocide is a 1981 American documentary by Arnold Schwartzman.^[7][8]

Genocide
Directed by	Arnold Schwartzman
Written by	Martin Gilbert Marvin Hier Arnold Schwartzman[1]
Produced by	Rabbi Marvin Hier Arnold Schwartzman[2]
Narrated by	Elizabeth Taylor Orson Welles[3]
Cinematography	Peter Shillingford
Edited by	Bob Jenkis
Music by	Elmer Bernstein[4][5]
Production company	Moriah Films
Distributed by	United Artists Classics (United States and Canada)[6] Manson International (International[6]
Release date	1981 (1981)
Running time	90 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Summary

The film documents the history of the Holocaust and the reminiscences of those who survived it in support of the fact that, as one of the survivors stated, it can happen again with the rise of anti-Semitism.^[9][10][11]

Reception and legacy

Michael Berenbaum, project director of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum described the movie as "a substantive piece of work" but "watching it is like sitting in a dentist's chair where the drill begins at the first moment and doesn't let up till the end of the two hours. If it had, it might have been more effective. In a real sense, that is Marvin Hier."^[12]

It won the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature,^[13] the first Holocaust film to win such an honor.^[14][15]

See also

• 1981 in film
• List of Holocaust films