Daniel Anker’s 90-minute documentary takes on over 60 years of a very complex subject: Hollywood’s complicated, often contradictory relationship with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. The questions it raises go right the very nature of how film functions in our culture, and while hardly exhaustive, Anker’s film makes for a good, thought provoking starting point.
Credits
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Cast
Name |
Character |
Steven Spielberg
He was 57, now 77 years old
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Ralph Fiennes
He was 41, now 61 years old
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Ben Kingsley
He was 60, now 80 years old
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Gene Hackman
He was 73, now 94 years old
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as narrator |
Sidney Lumet
He was 79, 86 years old when he died
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Fritz Weaver
He was 77, 90 years old when he died
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Rod Steiger
He was 78, 77 years old when he died
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Stanley Frazen
He was 84, 91 years old when he died
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Malvin Wald
He was 86, 90 years old when he died
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Dan Curtis
He was 76, 78 years old when he died
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Robert Clary
He was 77, now 98 years old
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Martin Starger
He was 71, now 92 years old
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Norma Barzman
She was 83, now 104 years old
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Branko Lustig
He was 71, 87 years old when he died
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Vincent Sherman
He was 97, 99 years old when he died
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Michael Berenbaum
He was 59, now 79 years old
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Gene Reynolds
He was 80, 96 years old when he died
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as Himself |
George Stevens, Jr.
He was 71, now 92 years old
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Abby Mann
He was 76, 80 years old when he died
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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Crew
Name |
Department |
Nancy Schreiber as Director of Photography. She was 54 (now 75) years old
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Camera |
Tom Hurwitz as Director of Photography. He was 57 (now 77) years old
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Camera |
Bruce Shaw as Editor. |
Editing |