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Night and Fog

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Top Cast

  • Michel Bouquet

    Michel Bouquet

    Narrator (voice) (uncredited)

  • Reinhard Heydrich

    Reinhard Heydrich

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Heinrich Himmler

    Heinrich Himmler

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Adolf Hitler

    Adolf Hitler

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

  • Julius Streicher

    Julius Streicher

    Self (archive footage) (uncredited)

Overview

Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.

Rating

8.3 / 10
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4 Popular

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