Night and Fog (1956) Short Film
One of the most vivid depictions of the horrors of Nazi Concentration Camps. Filmed in 1955 at the post-war site of Auschwitz... (imdb)
Cast and Information
Directed By: Alain Resnais
Written By: Jean Cayrol
Starring: Michel Bouquet
Genres: Documentary, History
AKA: Nuit et brouillard
Country: France
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Night and Fog belongs to 75 collections
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MartinTeller | 87 89th |
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Holocaust documentaries tend to be very detached, holding back judgement and emotion and letting the horrors of the situation speak for themselves. Night and Fog is somewhat unique in that the narrator's outrage is apparent.
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BillyShears | 95 96th |
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I'm usually one to keep my mouth shut but this was one of the worst Rifftrax experiences of my entire life.
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Aurens | 100 87th |
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Many people dismiss the Holocaust as an anomaly in the history of human cruelty. That is not so, says Night and Fog. Extraordinary acts often come from the most ordinary places. What is striking about this short documentary from the director who later went on to make Hiroshima Mon Amour is the way in which it approaches the retelling of the Holocaust.
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Dean Franz | 90 89th |
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Harrowing and poetic variation on the "never forget" mantra. As I have other shit to do, I haven't seen all the audio/visual material on the holocaust, but I don't think it's too much of a stretch to declare this the top of the heap. It also contains a wealth of talent behind the camera, with Resnais, Vierny and Marker all going on to influence cinema for the better.
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Bown | 93 96th |
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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.
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Magb | 90 85th |
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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.
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| 1 | svicciarelli | 90 82nd |
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A terrific documentary on an ugly subject - there is not sugar in this film, just bitter, powerful stuff.
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Moribunny | 60 54th |
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A half-hour introduction to the Holocaust, comprised of graphic images, a dramatic voiceover narration, and a tasteless musical track. "Night and Fog" did a noteworthy job exposing Nazi crimes to 1950s audiences (discounting inaccuracies such as "corpses into soap" claim), but I don't care for its attempts at lyricism. If you have nine hours, watch "Shoah" by Lanzmann. It doesn't feature archival footage, but Lanzmann got that there was nothing poetic about what he was filming.
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Pickpocket | 8 82nd |
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Pretty disgusting. Really tough film to rate though because it's just something that everyone has to see at least once.
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TheDiceman | 90 99th |
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Must be seen.
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Cerebrus | 90 93rd |
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It's beyond film really. It just is.
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| 1 | gleeb | 86 95th |
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A deceptively simple movie that asks whether genocide is an anomaly, or simply an aspect of humanity.
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Alex Watkins | 4 70th |
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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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Nathan S | 5 93rd |
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Time has largely desensitized us to the sheer atrocity of the Holocaust, yet Night and Fog remains a nauseating reminder, a demand for acknowledgment. It is an undeniably important work. Resnais often explored the idea that memory informs identity, and here presents that abstract thesis in literal application. Spaces, as much as people, are haunted by events that occur within their boundaries, and the places documented here have sculpted public consciousness.
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parcaliham | 90 88th |
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24 Kasım 12, Zevahir & Anlatilamaz olani anlatmayi denemedigi ve bu anlatilamazligi ortaya koydugu icin degerli bir is. Cok sert, cok dehsete dusuren sahnelerin mevcut ama bu duygu somurus ya da pornografi degil. Mazlum edebiyati hic degil. Sert gercekcilik. Hollywood'un ahlaksiz oldugunu dusundugum ikinci dunya savasi filmlerinin yaninda altin degerinde bir is.
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PeaceAnarchy | 89 92nd |
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This is THE holocaust documentary to watch. It's raw, scary and incredibly effective, all in a condensed running time.
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Bojangles | 60 61st |
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Straight up never happened. These Zionist amateurs.
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Anomaly | 90 94th |
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Valiantly tries to convey even just a fraction of the living nightmare that was the Holocaust. And with the exception of a slightly out of place score, it succeeds.
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syvyys | 92 95th |
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hart to review and rate actually. i mean... somehow it feels wrong, that there is an 'Awesome!' next to the score.
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XakkMaster | 95 96th |
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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.
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graveyardtan | 50 16th |
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How do you rate a film that is both essential viewing (not just for cinephiles but all people, everywhere) and is so repulsive that i never want to view it again?
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| 1 | pompousass | 80 94th |
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Resnais's half-hour documentary on the Nazi concentration camps, juxtaposing past and present. The present, where the camp sites look like ghost towns, is done in tranquil, richly colored, lyrical passages; the past, where the ghosts themselves spring back to life, is done in colorless, nightmarish newsreel footage. The subject matter is so potent that the movie might appear to be more facile than it is. Very subdued and reflective
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FunkyAstro | 90 93rd |
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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...
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Judge Holden | 7 88th |
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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.
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mwgerb | 80 95th |
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Hard to rate, as it's not something to be enjoyed, but something to be understood.
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overrated | 80 89th |
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Why am I awake at 3 a.m. reading wikipedia articles about Einsatzgruppen and Josef Mengele? Fuck you, Nazis.
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AndreasThau | 90 92nd |
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Well... it's just one of those. Mesmerizing, hypnotizing and - of course - shocking.
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Yiannos | 70 71st |
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No doubt a brave effort by Resnais. The concentration camp footage is, and will always be, frightening to the core, revealing the disturbing depths of man's capacity for hatred and cruelty. The shocking footage of dead emaciated bodies being collected and dumped by tractors like landfill is impossible to erase once seen, while the post war shots of the camps are unsettling because no matter how 'objective' Resnais' eye is, the horrors of the past live eternally in the memory of the present.
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backwardsuit | 85 91st |
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Sufficiently eviscerating holocaust film. Makes the subject approachable and hard-hitting by having the nerve to drop the more obvious interrogative forms of discourse.
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| Average Percentile 81.9% from 1284 Ratings |  |