When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
Director: André Singer · Writer: Lynette Singer
When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".
Helena Bonham Carter
Narrator (voice)
Jasper Britton
Narrator (German Concentration Camps Factual Survey) (voice)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive photo)
Alfred Hitchcock
Self (archive photos) Night Will Fall is a 2014 documentary movie from Denmark directed by André Singer, starring Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton and Toby Haggith. It was released on June 7, 2014. The running time is 1 h 15 min, in English. Audiences rate it 7.6/10 from 90 votes — well received.
Night Will Fall was released on June 7, 2014.
Night Will Fall was directed by André Singer.
The main cast includes Helena Bonham Carter, Jasper Britton, Toby Haggith, Richard Dimbleby and Winston Churchill.
Night Will Fall runs 1 h 15 min.
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It holds an audience score of 7.6/10 from 90 ratings, so fans of documentary titles are its best audience. Read member reviews below or add your own.
🏆 Awards: 8 wins & 14 nominations total
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