Chilling documentary... Makes the hair rise on the back of your neck! An important film about the Holocaust and the horrible things that went on in the Concentration Camps during WWII. A must see...

Incredible film and one of the most important documentaries ever made. Difficult to "rate" this film as its not something I plan on revisiting again. Not everything can or should be rated on entertainment value.

Ignore my numerical rating, because this isn't a film to be rated as such. This is the most disturbing film I've ever seen, mainly because of the failure of the "it's only a movie" quote. Resnais doesn't sugar-coat any of the confronting doco footage. If you think you can handle it, it is a film to be seen; even once is enough.

There are some movies out there that show the Holocaust through the filter of a drama, such as The Pianist and Schindler's List. These are good movies, but they fail to take into account one fact: these atrocities need no dramatization. Just show me plainly what happened and it will be enough to shake me to my core. And that's what Night and Fog did to me. An absolutely gut wrenching experience that was more powerful than any Hollywood film on the subject could ever hope to be.

Horrifying. The worst part for me was about two-thirds of the way through when I realised all the horrors we'd already seen were before they'd even decided on the mass slaughter. The message at the very end of the film sent a giant chill down my spine.

Very chilling. A lot is left to the imagination while the narration only guides one's experience through this film. Never have I been more shocked and mortified. Having said that, The Holocaust is no joking matter. My great uncle died in a concentration camp.... He fell from a watch tower...

Well... it's just one of those. Mesmerizing, hypnotizing and - of course - shocking.

With Night and Fog, Resnais does the impossible by tackling an immensely ugly and terrifying subject matter with poetry and intelligence. He does a better job relating the horrors of the Holocaust in thirty minutes than all three hours of Schindler's List combined. My only complaint is the music which is cheesy to the point of almost ruining the mood.

Rensnais provides an abstract and poetic look at the Holocaust; but in doing so does not limit the scope to it, but of the human tendency to inflict suffering and despair upon each other. This is a fairly poignant, well shot, and put together piece about the human condition.

This achieves what Schindler's list wished it could. The enormity of the Holocaust and its implications can't be fully described in mere re-enactments but only in its grotesque reality. There's no dramatic set pieces here and no major cinematographic tricks but quiet narration and scenes. Powerful stuff.

the horror... the horror...

Hard to rate, as it's not something to be enjoyed, but something to be understood.

O documentário mais impressionante que o cinema já viu. Um assombro de direção de Resnais.

This is so real and disturbing that is almost unbearable.

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Provides a fundamental understanding of what went on in the Nazi concentration camps. Required viewing.

While most horror films get a little less scary every time you see them, the Holocaust seems to work the other way around. I may feel numbed about the whole thing when I happen to think about it in my everyday life, but every time I see the footage or even just hear the stories, the disgust builds up inside me again. No matter how infamous these events may be, seeing them on film and in pictures never gets any less gut-wrenching.

One of the worst pieces of shit I've ever had to watch. This is how talentless Resnais is as a filmmaker--he can't even make the Holocaust emotionally impactful. The film doesn't match the tragedy, but it's certainly unforgivable in its own right.

It's so horrifying. I was so shocked at some times, and was seriously hard to watch. Hard to rate too. Sometietimes I thought the music wasn't appropriate

Can you imagine this back in 1955? I think that back then it would be more shocking but that doesn't mean it can't make an impact even today, that's how good it is. The narration is pitch perfect in describing it, even though he says he basically can't describe it. That, along with the images of both past and -- at the time -- present, this is a really great documentary and should be necessary viewing in History courses.

Although the soundtrack is extremely distracting and doesn't fit the tone, "Night and Fog" is a horrifying but essential watch, if for nothing else than the final five speech.

The horror... the horror...

Years ago I saw the shot of the bulldozers pushing the pile of bodies. It's haunting. It stayed with me. It's important not to recoil these images, no matter how horrifying. It is our duty to witness, if we can do nothing else for them. Anyways, enough of that. Can I critique the film for one moment? The architecture, and the "making of a death-camp;" that's nothing. Get to the horrors. God knows there's plenty of them, and that's the story worth telling.

... though I feel like it only scratched the surface

I honestly don't know what to type here. This documentary literally had me to tears by the end. Who is responsible? Who is responsible?

Alain Resnais and Jean Cayrol tell the story of the concentration camps in brisk, unflinching strokes: their construction and implementation, and their strange social strata (with the role of the thuggish kapos being the biggest revelation to me). B &Wphotos and vintage footage are mixed with later color footage of the abandoned camps, to great effect; superbly written and delivered narration. The music is a bit heavy and a little more depth would be nice, but it packs a great punch nonetheless.

What's with the jaunty music? Anyway...jeez, some absolutely haunting images here. The clip of a liberator carrying an emaciated, half-naked corpse of a woman over his shoulder will stick with me. Too little, too late.

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Must be seen.

Hard to judge objectively, it plays essentially like the most horrible home movie imaginable - but one everyone should see. Jean Cayrol's poetic first-hand account narrative plays over images of abandoned concentration camps, 10 years after liberation, combined with disturbing stock footage of tortured, malnourished and dead or dying prisoners. While today's audience may be more privy to graphic images that display the horrors of Nazi camps, it takes nothing from the shock of this timeless film.