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Release Year1988
Runtime0h 34m
LanguageGerman
CertificationNR
GenresDocumentary, TV Movie
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DirectorWalter Heynowski, Stephan Hermlin, Gerhard Scheumann
WritersStephan Hermlin, Walter Heynowski, Gerhard Scheumann
TypeFeature Film
RatingNot rated yet
Cast1 credited
Also Known AsDie Lüge und der Tod
About Die Lüge und der Tod
Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.
Directed by Walter Heynowski, Stephan Hermlin, Gerhard Scheumann, Die Lüge und der Tod leans on a strong ensemble — Stephan Hermlin — to carry a story that balances spectacle with character.
The film landed with audiences for its craft and performances, and remains one of the most talked-about documentary titles of 1988.
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