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Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust

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 78 years old
Ralph Fiennes He was 41, now 62 years old
Ben Kingsley He was 60, now 80 years old
Gene Hackman He was 73, now 94 years old as narrator
Sidney Lumet He was 79, 86 years old when he died
Fritz Weaver He was 77, 90 years old when he died
Rod Steiger He was 78, 77 years old when he died
Stanley Frazen He was 84, 91 years old when he died
Malvin Wald He was 86, 90 years old when he died
Dan Curtis He was 76, 78 years old when he died
Robert Clary He was 77, now 98 years old
Martin Starger He was 71, now 92 years old
Norma Barzman She was 83, now 104 years old
Branko Lustig He was 71, 87 years old when he died
Vincent Sherman He was 97, 99 years old when he died
Michael Berenbaum He was 59, now 79 years old
Gene Reynolds He was 80, 96 years old when he died as Himself
George Stevens, Jr. He was 71, now 92 years old
Abby Mann He was 76, 80 years old when he died

Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust Crew

Name Department
Nancy Schreiber as Director of Photography. She was 54 (now 75) years old Camera
Tom Hurwitz as Director of Photography. He was 57 (now 77) years old Camera
Bruce Shaw as Editor. Editing
Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (20 years)

  • Release day: Thursday, January 01, 2004
  • Runtime: 92 minutes