Night and Fog (1959)
Overview
Filmmaker Alain Resnais documents the atrocities behind the walls of Hitler's concentration camps.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | fr |
| Popularity | 10.957 |
Directed By
Alain Resnais
Crew
Alain Resnais
Jean Cayrol
Philippe Lifchitz
Anatole Dauman
Samy Halfon
Hanns Eisler
Alain Resnais
Chris Marker
André Heinrich
Anne Sarraute
Georges Delerue
Georges Delerue
Jean-Charles Lauthe
Jacqueline Chasney
Henry Ferrand
Chris Marker
Henri Colpi
Ghislain Cloquet
Sacha Vierny
TOP CAST
Michel Bouquet
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Reinhard Heydrich
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Heinrich Himmler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Adolf Hitler
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
Julius Streicher
Self (archive footage) (uncredited)
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