The Witnesses (1961)

This film brings to life a vanished world: that of the Warsaw Ghetto, destroyed by the Nazis after the 1944 uprising. Two authentic "reconstruction" sources have been used to this end: photographic and cinematographic documents recorded at the time and discovered in Poland, East Germany, Israel and France; and the oral testimonies of 44 survivors, invited to evoke their personal tragedy in front of the images put before their eyes.

• Release Date: 1961-11-22
• Runtime: 1h 30min
• Production Company: Les Films de la Pléiade
• Production Country: France
• Director: Frédéric Rossif