Synopsis
Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now-infamous Nazi-produced film about the Warsaw Ghetto. Discovered after the war, the unfinished work, with no soundtrack, quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record, despite its elaborate propagandistic construction. The later discovery of a long-missing reel complicated earlier readings, showing the manipulations of camera crews in these "everyday" scenes. Well-heeled Jews attending elegant dinners and theatricals (while callously stepping over the dead bodies of compatriots) now appeared as unwilling, but complicit, actors, alternately fearful and in denial of their looming fate.
A Film Unfinished (2010) is a 1h 29min documentary feature film by Yael Hersonski. Yael Hersonski's powerful documentary achieves a remarkable feat through its penetrating look at another film-the now...
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Festival History
- Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival 2010 generic ★ Best International Documentary Feature
- National Board of Review 2010 generic
- Sundance Film Festival 2010 generic
- Transilvania International Film Festival 2010 generic
- Vancouver International Film Festival 2010 generic
Releases & classifications
| Theatrical | Canada | August 18, 2010 |
| Theatrical | United States | August 18, 2010 |
| Theatrical | United Kingdom | October 29, 2010 |
| Television | Netherlands | April 4, 2012 |
| Classification | United States | R |
Full credits
| Director | Yael Hersonski |
| Cast | Alexander Beyer (Interrogator), Rüdiger Vogler (Willy Wist) |
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