Night and Fog
By June 23, 2003
François Truffaut once called Night and Fog “the greatest film ever made.” If you don’t believe me, here is the exact quote: “The effective war film is often the one in which the Read more »
- France
- 1955
- 31 minutes
- Black and White
- 1.33:1
- French
- Spine #197
SYNOPSIS: Ten years after the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps, filmmaker Alain Resnais documented the abandoned grounds of Auschwitz. One of the first cinematic reflections on the horrors of the Holocaust, Night and Fog (Nuit et brouillard) contrasts the stillness of the abandoned camps’ quiet, empty buildings with haunting wartime footage. With Night and Fog, Resnais investigates the cyclical nature of man’s violence toward man and presents the unsettling suggestion that such horrors could come again.
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Cast
Credits
| Director | Alain Resnais |
| Producer | Anatole Dauman, Samy Halfon and Philippe Lifchitz |
| Cinematography | Sacha Vierny and Ghislain Cloquet |
| Text | Jean Cayrol |
| Screenplay | Chris Marker |
| Historical consultants | Olga Wormser and Henri Michel |
| Music | Hanns Eisler |
Disc Features
- New high-definition digital transfer, with restored image and sound
- Excerpts of audio interviews with Alain Resnais from Le Cinéma des cinéastes (1980) and Les Étoiles du cinéma (1994)
- New essay about the film by Phillip Lopate
- Essay about composer Hanns Eisler by Russell Lack
- Crew profiles written by film historian Peter Cowie
- Optional music and effects track
- New and improved English subtitle translation
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Film Essays
Night and Fog: Origins and Controversy
By June 23, 2003
It’s a tribute to the clarity and cogency of Night and Fog that Resnais’ masterpiece has not been diminished by time, or displaced by longer and more ambitious Read more »
