Best Holocaust Movie? - Page 2

WotNoChad? · 10-05-2008, 01:30 AM

True enough, it disturbed me in a way that war films never have, I think it was the rape scene which did it. Worries me to even think about it. Dreadfully wimpy of me I know.

spidge · 10-05-2008, 04:13 AM

The Pianist for the psychological value and Schindlers List which I used to educate my daughters to the holocaust.

chipmunk wallah · 29-05-2008, 10:21 PM

Shindlers list,great film,historicaly as acurate as U571

The Pianist is imho far more acurate.
Just,oddly enough,bought the full set of the aforementioned mini series Holocaust on vhs from a stall on the local market a week or 2 ago,havent got round to watching it though.....its the same old story,just when do you find yourself in the mood to settle down with a "nice film about genocide" ?.....
One I will rate though is " When the violins stopped playing" A Polish made film(though in English) about the Roma holocaust,shocking and a very worthy and oft forgotton story. Stars the german fella from magnificent 7 and Tiger bay,Horst Bucholz,and co stars a lady who was actually a little Roma girl caught up in the actual events.

Slipdigit · 29-05-2008, 11:56 PM

I guess I ought to watch The Pianist. I've not seen it and most everyone that has offered a critique of it has spoken favorably of it.

EmersonBigguns · 31-05-2008, 12:25 AM

Anyone here ever seen 'Jakob the Liar' with Robin Williams. While it can't be called the 'best' holocaust movie ever, it's definately unique among the genre.

I've never seen the Pianist either but its now high on my list.

-EB

Reinhard König · 31-05-2008, 01:28 AM

There is also "Escape from Sobibor". There is a scene where a child is pulled away from his mother. Very disturbing. Being a parent myself, I can't bring myself to ever watch that scene again. No need to, it was forever burned into my memory. It did strengthen my resolve even more to protect my children and children in general. Movies such as this and those that have been mentioned are sometimes difficult to comprehend the magnatude and why the World allowed it to happen. Sadly genocide still occurs around the world today.

EmersonBigguns · 31-05-2008, 01:46 AM

'Sobibor' is a good movie. It gives a brief sense of hope and admiration for those who fought back and succeded, although the number is desparately too few. It was a made for TV movie and I don't know how accurate it was but it was a good watch. I got my copy in the 1$ bin at Walmart.

-EB

Reinhard König · 31-05-2008, 02:17 AM

Same here...at Walmart "Wally World". Sometimes you get pretty lucky and find some of those "old" WW 2 movies.

EmersonBigguns · 31-05-2008, 03:14 AM

I've got dozens of movies there for $1. Some of the best documentary type stuff, especially the Pacific theatre naval stuff, sits in those $1 bins. Hundreds of people walk by those bins every day and never realize the treasures they are missing.

Peter Clare · 01-06-2008, 12:02 AM

For me it has to be Schindler's List, true to life and very moving.

10-05-2008, 04:13 AM	#12 (permalink)
spidge Legendary Member Join Date: May 2005 Location: Melbourne, Australia Posts: 7,775	The Pianist for the psychological value and Schindlers List which I used to educate my daughters to the holocaust. __________________ Spidge, ------------------------------------------------------- My Avatar is the memorial to the 22 Commonwealth Coastwatchers at the Temakin Cemetery on Betio (Tarawa Atoll) who were beheaded by the Japanese on 15th October 1942. http://www.dva.gov.au/media/publicat...mem_beito.html "You were given the choice between war and dishonor. You chose dishonor and you will have war." (Winston Churchill made this prophetic pronouncement in a House of Commons speech in 1938, just after Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain signed the Munich agreement with Hitler. Chamberlain returned from Germany with the signed agreement in hand, proclaiming that "peace in our time" had been achieved. Churchill attacked Chamberlain's "politics of appeasement" in this and many other speeches.) What did the Australians do in ww2 and other conflicts? Check out this site: http://www.diggerhistory.info/00-pag...ster-index.htm

29-05-2008, 10:21 PM	#13 (permalink)
chipmunk wallah Senior Member Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: By the mighty Don,no,not the Russian one :) Posts: 175	Shindlers list,great film,historicaly as acurate as U571 The Pianist is imho far more acurate. Just,oddly enough,bought the full set of the aforementioned mini series Holocaust on vhs from a stall on the local market a week or 2 ago,havent got round to watching it though.....its the same old story,just when do you find yourself in the mood to settle down with a "nice film about genocide" ?..... One I will rate though is " When the violins stopped playing" A Polish made film(though in English) about the Roma holocaust,shocking and a very worthy and oft forgotton story. Stars the german fella from magnificent 7 and Tiger bay,Horst Bucholz,and co stars a lady who was actually a little Roma girl caught up in the actual events. __________________ "I don't know a lot about anything - but I know a little about practically everything." Vincent Price in "Laura" 1944.(avatar,the gorgeous Miss Gene Tierney

29-05-2008, 11:56 PM	#14 (permalink)
Slipdigit The Dixie Division Join Date: Apr 2007 Location: Not far enough in the woods Posts: 1,539	I guess I ought to watch The Pianist. I've not seen it and most everyone that has offered a critique of it has spoken favorably of it. __________________ Warmest Regards, Jeff The Bonnie Blue Flag *

31-05-2008, 01:28 AM	#16 (permalink)
Reinhard König Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	There is also "Escape from Sobibor". There is a scene where a child is pulled away from his mother. Very disturbing. Being a parent myself, I can't bring myself to ever watch that scene again. No need to, it was forever burned into my memory. It did strengthen my resolve even more to protect my children and children in general. Movies such as this and those that have been mentioned are sometimes difficult to comprehend the magnatude and why the World allowed it to happen. Sadly genocide still occurs around the world today. Last edited by Reinhard König; 31-05-2008 at 01:33 AM.

31-05-2008, 02:17 AM	#18 (permalink)
Reinhard König Junior Member Join Date: May 2008 Posts: 11	Same here...at Walmart "Wally World". Sometimes you get pretty lucky and find some of those "old" WW 2 movies. Last edited by Reinhard König; 31-05-2008 at 04:21 AM. Reason: Accidently added wrong quote

10-05-2008, 01:30 AM	#11 (permalink)
WotNoChad? Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 118	True enough, it disturbed me in a way that war films never have, I think it was the rape scene which did it. Worries me to even think about it. Dreadfully wimpy of me I know.

31-05-2008, 12:25 AM	#15 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 99	Anyone here ever seen 'Jakob the Liar' with Robin Williams. While it can't be called the 'best' holocaust movie ever, it's definately unique among the genre. I've never seen the Pianist either but its now high on my list. -EB

31-05-2008, 01:46 AM	#17 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 99	'Sobibor' is a good movie. It gives a brief sense of hope and admiration for those who fought back and succeded, although the number is desparately too few. It was a made for TV movie and I don't know how accurate it was but it was a good watch. I got my copy in the 1$ bin at Walmart. -EB

31-05-2008, 03:14 AM	#19 (permalink)
EmersonBigguns Member Join Date: Feb 2008 Posts: 99	I've got dozens of movies there for $1. Some of the best documentary type stuff, especially the Pacific theatre naval stuff, sits in those $1 bins. Hundreds of people walk by those bins every day and never realize the treasures they are missing.

01-06-2008, 12:02 AM	#20 (permalink)
Peter Clare Very Senior Member Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Windsor UK Posts: 4,827	For me it has to be Schindler's List, true to life and very moving. __________________ On weald of Kent I watched once more Again I heard that grumbling roar Of fighter planes; yet none were near And all around the sky was clear Borne on the wind a whisper came 'Though men grow old, they stay the same' And then I knew, unseen to eye The ageless Few were sweeping by

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