Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann · Arts & Literature
French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary Shoah.
1925, Bois-Colombes, France — 2018, Paris, France
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Claude Lanzmann was a French filmmaker, writer and editor of the journal 'Les Temps modernes', best known for 'Shoah' (1985), his nine-and-a-half-hour documentary on the Holocaust built entirely from present-day testimony rather than archival footage, now regarded as one of the most important films ever made. Born into a French Jewish family, he took part in the anti-Nazi Resistance as a youth.
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French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary Shoah.
Source: IMDb (Jewish Actors list)
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