Holocaust

Reseña del editor A tense and deeply disturbing dramatization of the horrible Nazi crimes of the second World War. The story line focuses on two German families, one Jewish, and one which thrived under the Nazi regime. Director Marvin J. Chomsky Star James Woods, Meryl Streep, David Warner, Joseph Bottoms, Rosemary Harris, Ian Holm, Special Features: Multi-Disc Set - Keep Case Audio: English Runtime: 464 minutes. Tienda The 30th anniversary edition of Holocaust marks the first time this remarkable, nine-and-a-half-hour television miniseries has been released on DVD. Originally broadcast on NBC as part of an ongoing TV phenomenon in the 1970s called "The Big Event," Holocaust was an original story written by Gerald Green, who later scripted Kent State and Wallenberg: A Hero's Story, the latter another Holocaust-era tale. Holocaust narrowed the enormous story of the Nazis' systematic destruction of Jews by focusing on one family living in Berlin. Fritz Weaver plays Dr. Josef Weiss, a Pole with a longtime family practice. Weiss debates with his wife, Berta (Rosemary Harris), the wisdom of moving out of Germany with their family. She insists they should not be chased away by Hitler, and by the time she thinks otherwise, it's too late for her, her parents, Josef, and the three Weiss children: Karl (James Woods), Rudi (Joseph Bottoms), and Anna (Blanche Baker). Holocaust begins with the marriage of Karl to Inga (Meryl Streep), a Christian, an arrangement already frowned upon by the rising Nazi regime in 1935. In time, Karl, a harmless artist, is dragged off to the concentration camp at Buchenwald, leaving Inga vulnerable to a predatory camp officer who passes notes between the husband and wife. Poor young Anna meets a grim fate that reveals something of the way Hitler was determined to eliminate the mentally ill along with Jews, gypsies, homosexuals, and other groups of people. The rebellious Rudi ends up fighting the Germans from a different front, while Josef is deported to Warsaw, eventually joined by Berta. There, Holocaust details the plight of the walled-in, so-called Warsaw ghetto, and the despair of the people within. Meanwhile, the destiny of another important character, a rather effete lawyer named Erik Dorf (Michael Moriarty), offers a peek into the internal workings of the Holocaust machinery. Dorf takes a much-needed job as an aide to Reinhard Heydrich (David Warner), Gestapo head and chair of the 1942 Wannsee Conference, which finalized plans for the extermination of European Jews. Holocaust was criticized at the time of its broadcast for allegedly cheapening genocide by shrinking the dimensions of the Nazis' organized evil for commercial television. But as a story free to extend into different aspects of the war on Jews, Holocaust is a real eye-opener. Tom Bell, Ian Holm, Robert Stephens, and Sam Wanamaker are also featured in the cast. --Tom Keogh

Detalles del producto Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0,5 x 5,3 x 7,5 pulgadas; 4 Onzas Descripción en audio: : Inglés Número de modelo del producto : 622064 Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Cofre, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Pantalla completa Tiempo de ejecución : 7 horas y 55 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Mayo 27, 2008 Actores : Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Michael Moriarty Subtítulos: : Inglés, Francés, Alemán, Italiano, Español Idioma : Unqualified Estudio : Paramount ASIN : B00005JMLR País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 3 Clasificación en los más vendidos de Amazon: nº14,182 en Películas y TV (Ver el Top 100 en Películas y TV) nº154 en Guerra y Militar (Películas y TV) nº2,350 en Drama (Películas y TV) Opiniones de clientes: 4.7 4.7 de 5 estrellas 1,368 calificaciones Relación de aspecto : 1.33:1 Descatalogado por el fabricante : No Clasificación de MPAA : NR (Not Rated) Dimensiones del producto : 0,5 x 5,3 x 7,5 pulgadas; 4 Onzas Descripción en audio: : Inglés Número de modelo del producto : 622064 Formato multimedia : Formatos múltiples, Cofre, Color, NTSC, Closed-captioned, Pantalla completa Tiempo de ejecución : 7 horas y 55 minutos Fecha de lanzamiento : Mayo 27, 2008 Actores : Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Michael Moriarty Subtítulos: : Inglés, Francés, Alemán, Italiano, Español Idioma : Unqualified Estudio : Paramount ASIN : B00005JMLR País de origen : EE. UU. Número de discos : 3