Directed by:
Daniel AnkerCinematography:
Dyanna TaylorCast:
Gene Hackman (narrator), Jack Benny, Humphrey Bogart, LeVar Burton, James Cagney, Charlie Chaplin, Montgomery Clift, Bud Cort, Dan Curtis, Michael Dunn (more)Plots(1)
Featuring interviews with Steven Spielberg, Sidney Lumet and other prominent filmmakers and historians, Imaginary Witness examines Hollywood's attitude towards one of the most horrific events in world history. Using rare newsreel footage as well as gripping clips from over forty films, this award-winning documentary explores how filmmakers and popular culture have portrayed the Holocaust over the past 60 years. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Gene Hackman (narrator)
USA
Best movies:
Mississippi Burning (1988)
Enemy of the State (1998)
Unforgiven (1992)
Jack Benny
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
It's a Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World (1963)
A Guide for the Married Man (1967)
Humphrey Bogart
USA
Best movies:
The Treasure of the Sierra Madre (1948)
Casablanca (1942)
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
LeVar Burton
West Germany
Best movies:
Roots (1977) (series)
Star Trek VIII: First Contact (1996)
Roots (2016) (series)
James Cagney
USA
Best movies:
The Roaring Twenties (1939)
One, Two, Three (1961)
White Heat (1949)
Charlie Chaplin
UK
Best movies:
The Chaplin Revue (1959)
The Kid (1921)
The Great Dictator (1940)
Montgomery Clift
USA
Best movies:
Judgment at Nuremberg (1961)
The Search (1948)
The Heiress (1949)
Bud Cort
USA
Best movies:
Heat (1995)
Harold and Maude (1971)
Sweet Jane (1998)
Dan Curtis
USA
Michael Dunn
USA
Best movies:
Ship of Fools (1965)
The Last Roman (1968)
Fight for Rome II (1969)
Ralph Fiennes
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Prime Suspect (1991) (TV movie)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 (2011)
John Garfield
USA
Best movies:
Anni difficili (1948)
Juarez (1939)
The Postman Always Rings Twice (1946)
Ruth Gordon
USA
Best movies:
Harold and Maude (1971)
Rosemary's Baby (1968)
Edge of Darkness (1943)
Oliver Hardy
USA
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Ben Kingsley
UK
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Shutter Island (2010)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Kevin Kline
USA
Best movies:
Cyrano de Bergerac (2008) (theatrical recording)
Chaplin (1992)
Cry Freedom (1987)
Stan Laurel
UK
Best movies:
Laurel and Hardy's Laughing 20's (1965) - a.f.
Pack Up Your Troubles (1932)
Our Relations (1936)
Carole Lombard
USA
Best movies:
To Be or Not to Be (1942)
Zelig (1983) - a.f.
My Man Godfrey (1936)
Sidney Lumet
USA
Best movies:
The Manchurian Candidate (2004)