List of Holocaust films


This is an index of films that deal with the Holocaust in Europe. Films dealing with the subject of the Holocaust include both documentary and narrative films. These films were produced from the early [|1940s] before the extent of the Holocaust was widely known and have continued to be made since then.
The films span multiple genres, with documentary films including footage filmed both by the Germans for their propaganda purposes and by the Allies, compilations, survivor testimonies and docudramas, and narrative films including war films, action films, love stories, psychological dramas, and even comedies.

Narrative films: 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s 1980s1990s2000s2010s

Documentary films: 1940s1950s1960s1970s1980s 1990s2000s2010s

See alsoReferences

1940s

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1940Night Train to MunichCarol ReedFirst feature film to depict concentration camps.
1945Soviet UnionThe UnvanquishedMark DonskoyFirst feature film to show mass murder of Jews and hunting for them on the occupied territories. 1946 Venice festival award.
1946United StatesThe StrangerOrson WellesFirst feature film to include footage of concentration camps
1946GermanyDie Mörder sind unter unsWolfgang StaudteThe first Rubble Film and the first German film to address Nazi atrocities. English title: Murderers Among Us
1947PolandThe Last StageWanda JakubowskaEnglish titles: The Last Stage, The Last Stop
1947GermanyEhe im SchattenKurt MaetzigOne of the earliest DEFA productions. English title: Marriage in the Shadows
1947GermanyZwischen Gestern und MorgenHarald BraunOne of the first German films to be made in Munich after the war and the first to openly address the Holocaust. English title: Between Yesterday and Tomorrow
1948GermanyMorituriEugen York
1948United StatesThe SearchFred ZinnemannIn post-war Berlin, an American private helps a lost Czech boy find his mother.
1948PolandUlica GranicznaAleksander FordA Polish film about the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto, it premieres at the Venice Film Festival; it is released in English as Border Street in 1950.
1949ItalyL'ebreo erranteGoffredo AlessandriniFirst Italian film to openly address the Holocaust
1949United States
West Germany		Lang ist der WegHerbert B. Fredersdorf
Marek Goldstein		Yiddish title: Lang iz der Veg; English title: Long Is the Road

1950s

1960s

1970s

1980s

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

Documentary films

1940s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1945German Concentration Camps Factual Surveyproduction supervised by Sidney Bernsteinlong shelved, completed in 2014; Alfred Hitchcock collaborated on production
1945United StatesDeath MillsBilly WilderEnglish Version of Die Todesmühlen; excerpted from German Concentration Camps Factual Survey
1945PolandMajdanek - cmentarzysko EuropyAleksander FordEnglish title: Majdanek: Cemetery of Europe
1945United StatesNazi Concentration CampsGeorge StevensPresented as evidence at The Nuremberg trials.
1945United StatesThe Nazi PlanGeorge StevensPresented as evidence at The Nuremberg trials
1945YugoslaviaJasenovacGustav Gavrin & Kosta Hlavaty
circa 1946United KingdomMemory of the Campsoriginal documentary supervised by Sidney BernsteinShorter version of German Concentration Camps Factual Survey; reconstructed by American PBS series Frontline in 1984
1946United StatesSeeds of DestinyGene Fowler Jr.Shows devastation and solicits relief funds
1946FranceNous ContinuonsEnglish Title: We Live Again. Deals with child survivors. In Yiddish.
1947Soviet UnionThe Nuremberg TrialsYelizaveta SvilovaSoviet view of the Nuremberg Trials

1950s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1956FranceNuit et brouillardAlain ResnaisEnglish title: Night and Fog. Written by Jean Cayrol, an escapee of Mauthausen. Music by Hanns Eisler.

1960s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1960West Germany
Sweden		Mein KampfErwin LeiserSwedish title: Den Blodiga tiden
1963West GermanyChronik eines MordesJoachim Hasler
1965West GermanyDer Vorletzte AktWalter KrüttnerEnglish title: Last Act But One: Brundibar
1965CanadaMemorandumDonald Brittain and John SpottonFrench title: Pour mémoire
1965Soviet UnionObyknovennyy fashizmMikhail RommEnglish title: Ordinary Fascism
1966Warsaw Ghetto
1967DenmarkMordere iblandt os Henning KnudsenEnglish title: Murderers Among Us
1968United StatesThe Rise and Fall of the Third ReichJack KaufmanBased on William L. Shirer book The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich
1968PolandArcheologiaAndrzej Brzozowski
1969France
Switzerland
West Germany		Le Chagrin et la pitiéMarcel OphülsEnglish title:The Sorrow and the Pity Vichy France government collaboration with Nazi Germany during the war.

1970s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1970NetherlandsDingen die niet voorbijgaanPhilo BregsteinEnglish title:
1972West GermanyMendel Schainfelds zweite Reise nach DeutschlandHans-Dieter Grabe
1974IsraelThe 81st BlowDavid Bergman, Jacques Ehrlich and Haim GouriEnglish title:The 81st Blow
1974The World at War Michael DarlowEpisode 20 Genocide.
1976United Kingdom
United States
France
West Germany		The Memory of JusticeMarcel Ophüls4.6 hours long Won Los Angeles Film Critics Special Award
1977West GermanyReinhard Heydrich - Manager des TerrorsHeinz Schirk

1980s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1980West GermanyDer Gelbe SternDieter HildebrandtEnglish title:The Yellow Star
1981AustraliaThe Hunter and the HuntedJohn Oakley
1982United StatesGenocideArnold SchwartzmanBest Documentary Feature Oscar winner
1982SwedenThe Story of Chaim Rumkowski and the Jews of LodzPeter Cohen and Bo Kuritzen
1982United StatesWho Shall Live and Who Shall DieLaurence JarvikDistributed by Kino International Corporation, http://www.kino.com
1983United StatesTo Bear WitnessGavin P. Boyle
1983Schindler: The Documentary Jon BlairReleased in the US in 1994 as Schindler: The Real Story
1983United StatesThe WorkBernard Offen
1984United StatesA Generation ApartJack Fisher
1984United StatesKaddishSteve BrandBased on book by Dr. Randolph Braham
1985Soviet UnionBabiy Yar: Lessons of History
1985West GermanyDie Befreiung von AuschwitzIrmgard von zur MühlenEnglish title:Liberation of Auschwitz 1945
1985West GermanyGoethe in D.Manfred Vosz
1985FranceShoahClaude Lanzmann9½ hours long
1985United StatesSay I'm a JewPier MartonJewish identity for Second Generation European Jews
1985United StatesThe Ties That BindSu Friedrich
1986AustraliaParadise CampFrank HeimansConcerns the Theresienstadt concentration camp
1986United StatesPartisans of VilnaJoshua WaletzkyDocumentary produced by Aviva Kempner about the Jewish resistance in the Vilna Ghetto.
1986West GermanyDie Befreiung von AuschwitzBengt von zur Mühlen
1988IsraelB'Glal Hamilhamah HahiOrna Ben-Dor NivEnglish title:Because of That War
1988United States
France		'Marcel OphülsEnglish title: Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988West GermanyMit 22 Jahren wollte man noch nicht sterbenRainer Ritzel
1988France
Poland		TémoinsMarcel LozinskiPolish title: Swiadkowie; English title: Witnesses: Anti-Semitism in Poland, 1946
1988United StatesVoices from the AtticDebbie Goodstein
1989IsraelHugoYair Lev
1989United StatesLodz GhettoAlan Adelson & Kate Taverna
1989SwedenThe Architecture of DoomPeter CohenEnglish title:The Architecture of Doom
1989United States'Ray Errol Fox

1990s 

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
1990United StatesC.A.N.D.L.E.S.: The Story of the Mengele Twins Gordon J. Murray
1991FrancePremier convoi Jacky Assoun and Suzette Bloch
1991Purple TrianglesMartin SmithDescribes the accounts of Jehovah's Witnesses in Nazi camps.
1991United KingdomChasing ShadowsNaomi GrynAbout the childhood experiences of Holocaust survivor Rabbi Hugo Gryn.
1991CanadaA Day in the Warsaw Ghetto: A Birthday Trip in HellJack KuperBased on the diaries of Warsaw ghetto inmates
1991United StatesThey Risked Their Lives: Rescuers of the HolocaustGay Block
1992United StatesSequel to Lódz GhettoAlan Adelson
1992PolandMiejsce urodzeniaPaweł ŁozińskiEnglish title: Birthplace
1992FranceLa Rafle du Vel-d'Hiv, La Marche du siècleWilliam Karel
1992JapanThe Visas That Saved LivesAlan Adelson
1992SwedenÅterkomsterJoanna Helander and Bo Persson
1993CanadaChildren of the ShadowsMarc Cukier
1994Israel
Germany		BalaganAndres VeielBased on the play Arbeit macht frei by Smadar Jaaron & David Maayan
1994United StatesDiamonds in the SnowMira Reym Binford
1994United StatesChoosing One's Way: Resistance in Auschwitz/BirkenauTed Kay and Allen Secher
1994United StatesThe Holocaust: In Memory of Millions Brian BlakeHosted by Walter Cronkite
1994AustriaDie Kunst des Erinnerns - Simon WiesenthalJohanna Heer and Werner SchmiedelEnglish title: The Art of Remembrance - Simon Wiesenthal
1994Spain
Argentina		La Memoria del aguaHéctor FáverEnglish title: Memory of Water
1994UnknownThe Power of Conscience: The Danish Resistance and the Rescue of the JewsAlexandra Isles
1994France
Switzerland		TzedekMarek Halter
1994FinlandVankileirien paratiisiLisa HovinheimoIMDB
1995United States
United Kingdom
Netherlands		Anne Frank Remembered Jon Blair
1995IsraelBottles in the CellarShmuel Imberman
1995United StatesChildren Remember the Holocaust Mark GordonHosted by Keanu Reeves
1995United StatesOne Survivor Remembers Kary Antholis
1995IsraelReshimot Vanda Vered Berman
1995BelgiumRhodes nostalgie Diane Perelsztejn
1996FranceDrancy AvenirArnaud des PallièresDeportations from Paris
1996United StatesMy Knees Were Jumping: Remembering the KindertransportsMelissa Hacker
1996United KingdomNurembergStephen Trombley
1996United StatesSurvivors of the HolocaustAllan Holzman
1996United Kingdom'Laurence Rees and Tilman Remme
1997Denmark
United Kingdom
Germany		The Island on Bird StreetSøren Kragh-JacobsenBased on the book by Uri Orlev
1997United StatesBlood Money: Switzerland's Nazi GoldStephen Crisman
1997SwitzerlandGrüningers FallRichard DindoBased on the book by Stefan Keller
1997United StatesMy Hometown Concentration CampBernard Offen
1997United StatesIn the Shadow of the Reich: Nazi MedicineJohn MichalczykBased on the book by Stefan Keller
1997SwitzerlandJournal de Rivesaltes 1941–1942Jacqueline Veuve
1997United StatesThe Long Way HomeMark Jonathan HarrisNarrated by Morgan Freeman
1997United StatesThe Lost Children of BerlinElizabeth McIntyreNarrated by Anthony Hopkins
1997United StatesOut Loud!Miriam Bjeirre
1997GermanyDas Prinzip DoraClaudette Coulanges & Rolf Coulanges
1997United StatesRaising the AshesMichael O'Keefe
1997Israel
Czech Republic		Shahor Lavan Zeh TzivoniTamir Paul
1997United StatesThe Trial of Adolf EichmannDescribes the time period of Adolf Eichmann from his being brought to Israel till his execution. Also an insight is given into the mind of the mass murderer
1997France
Germany		Un vivant qui passeClaude LanzmannEnglish title: A Visitor from the Living
1997GermanyUnterwegs als sicherer OrtDietrich SchubertEnglish title On the Move Is a Safe Place
1997ItalyMemoriaRuggero GabbaiSelected for the "Berlin International Film Festival". Collection of about ninety eyewitnesses' interviews, the voices of the Italian survivors of the Shoah.
1998Germany
Czech Republic		Diese Tage in TerezinSibylle SchönemannEnglish title Those Days in Terezin
1998Germany
France
Poland		FotoamatorDariusz JablonskiEnglish title Photographer; French title Chronique couleur du ghetto de Łódź; German title Der Fotograf
1998United StatesThe Last DaysJames MollWon Academy Award for Documentary Feature
1998United StatesA Letter Without WordsLisa Lewenz
1998BelgiumDer JudenmordMichel Alexandre
1998SwitzerlandNachrichten aus dem UntergrundAndreas HoessliEnglish title Underground Messengers
1998United StatesNever ForgetSherrie DrummondShort
1998United StatesA Sculpture of Love and Anguish: The Miami Beach Holocaust MemorialDavid Braman
1999United StatesBurning QuestionsMichael Porembski
1999United StatesThe Children of ChabannesLisa Gossels
1999SwitzerlandChildren of the NightJolanta Dylewska
1999United StatesEyewitnessBert Van Bork
1999GermanyFlucht in den DschungelMichael Juncker
1999CanadaHidden HeroesKaren Pascal
1999Switzerland
Israel		MartinRa'anan Alexandrowicz
1999GermanyMendel lebt – Wiederbegegnung mit Mendel SzajnfeldHans-Dieter Grabe
1999United States
United Kingdom		'Errol Morris
1999United StatesProcess B-7815Bernard Offen
1999United StatesTak for Alt: Survival of a Human SpiritLaura Bialis & Broderick Fox & Sarah Levy
1999Israel
France
Germany
Belgium
Austria		Un spécialiste, portrait d'un criminel moderneEyal SivanDocumentary film directed by Rony Brauman and Eyal Sivan, originally released in 1999 to theaters worldwide. Made entirely out of the restored original video recordings of Adolf Eichmann's trial at Jerusalem edited down to 120 minutes, the film focuses especially on the desk murderer's psychology. No narration or commentary is used, albeit the material is at times edited visually and acoustically to disturbing effect, to reflect the most disturbing nature of the events related in the words of the witnesses, the court, and the defendant, and scored with disturbing musique concrete or ambient music.
Official Selection of the 1999 Berlin International Film Festival, winner of the Grimme-Preis in 2001. Was criticized for tendentious editing making Eichmann appear in a more positive light and especially making prosecutor Gideon Hausner appear to display rude and unfair behavior in court, by Stewart Tryster, director of the Steven Spielberg Jewish Film Archive, in his 2005 documentary Editing the Truth Away: The Eichmann Trial and The Specialist .
Released on French VHS and DVD under its original title, on NTSC VHS as Adolf Eichmann: The Specialist, on Region 1 DVD as The Specialist: Portrait of a Modern Criminal, and on German VHS as Ein Spezialist. All of these home video editions are currently out-of-print.
1999United StatesWitness: Voices from the HolocaustJoshua M. Greene & Shiva Kumar
1999GermanyDrei deutsche Mörder. Aufzeichnungen über die Banalität des BösenEbbo Demant
1999Poland... gdzie jest mój starszy syn KainAgnieszka ArnoldConsiders Jedwabne pogrom

2000s

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes
2000Auschwitz: The Final WitnessesSheldon Lazarus
2000SpainCerca del DanubioFelipe Vega
2000United StatesFighterAmir Bar-Lev
2000United StatesTyphoons' Last StormLawrence Bond
2000IsraelHazehut Ha'Avuda Shel HanitaVered Berman
2000United KingdomThe Holocaust on TrialLeslie Woodhead
2000United Kingdom
United States		'Mark Jonathan Harris
2000United StatesParagraph 175Rob Epstein and Jeffrey FriedmanDocumentary about gays and the Holocaust
2000IsraelReshimat AhavaDavid Fisher
2000GermanyDas Himmler-ProjektRomuald Karmakar
2001United StatesExodus to BerlinJeff Kamen and Peter Laufer
2001United StatesHolocaust: New York Tolerance CenterScott Goldstein
2001GermanyEine Liebe in AuschwitzThilo Thielke & Jens Nicolai
2001PolandŚmierć ZygelbojmaDżamila Ankiewicz
2001PolandSąsiedziAgnieszka ArnoldConcerns Jedwabne pogrom
2001FranceSobibor, 14 octobre 1943, 16 heuresClaude LanzmannEnglish title: Sobibor, Oct. 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
2001CanadaStrumaRadu Gabrea
2001SlovakiaSvedokDušan Hudec
2002IllusionConcerns Kurt Gerron
2002United StatesLast DanceMirra Bank
2002PolandPamiętamMarcel LozinskiEnglish title:I Remember
2002United States
Canada
Germany
United Kingdom		Prisoner of ParadiseMalcolm Clarke & Stuart Sender
2002United StatesSudbina mi nije dala da odemDominik Sedlar & Jakov SedlarEnglish title:Fate Did Not Let Me Go
2002CanadaUndying LoveHelene Klodawsky
2003United StatesBerga: Soldiers of Another WarCharles Guggenheim
2003United States
Denmark		Den Danske løsningKaren Cantor & Camilla KjærulffEnglish title:The Danish Solution: The Rescue of the Jews in Denmark
2003AustraliaLong Shadows: Stories from a Jewish HomeKate Hampel
2003United States'Eileen Douglas & Ron Steinman
2003GermanyMariannes HeimkehrStefan Röttger & Gert Monheim
2003GermanyLand der VernichtungRomuald Karmakar
2004United StatesA is for Auschwitz: A Weekend with My Grandparents
2004CanadaAgainst the OddsJedrzej Jonasz
2004United States'Daniel Anker
2004PolandHawaii and the HolocaustBernard Offen
2004United StatesPaper ClipsElliot Berlin & Joe FabAbout the Paper Clips Project
2004ItalyLa fuga degli innocentiLeone Pompucci
2004GermanyWege der Tübinger Juden. Eine SpurensucheUlrike Baumgärtner
2004United Kingdom' Also known as 'Dominic Sutherland, Martina Balazova and Detlef SiebertCompanion book: Auschwitz: A New History
2004Germany
Luxembourg
Czech Republic		The Ninth DayVolker SchlöndorffBased on a portion of Pfarrerblock 25487, the diary of Father Jean
2005ChileHolocausto:Tercera GeneraciónDaniel Segal & Daniel Halpern
2005GermanyMit dem Mut der Verzweifelten – Jüdischer Widerstand gegen HitlerRena Giefer & Thomas Giefer
2005Germany
Slovakia		2 oder 3 Dinge, die ich von ihm weißMalte LudinEnglish title: 2 or 3 Things I Know About Him — Ludin's family's reaction to their father's role in sending Jews to Auschwitz
2005HungaryProcess Péter Muszatics
2005IsraelA Treasure in Auschwitz Yahaly Gat
2005GermanyWenn lang die Bilder schon verblassen... KZ Theresienstadt - Propagandafilm und WirklichkeitThilo Pohle
2005GermanyWinterkinder - Die schweigende GenerationJens Schanze
2006FranceIsabelle DarmengeatEnglish title: Men lovers
2006France'Christian Delage
2006CanadaOnce a Nazi...Frederic Bohbot & Evan Beloff-
2006United StatesBorrowing TimeRobert Allan Black
2006United StatesJourney to JusticeSteve Palackdharry
2006United StatesKnockingJoel Engardio and Tom Shepard
2006ItalyLa Strada di LeviDavide Ferrario
2006GermanyDer letzte ZugJoseph Vilsmaier, Dana Vávrová
2006Austria
Germany		The CounterfeitersStefan Ruzowitzky
2006United KingdomKzRex BloomsteinDocuments the attitudes and experiences of tourists and students visiting Mauthausen concentration camp, their guides, and the townspeople of Mauthausen.
2008IsraelClassmates of Anne FrankEyal Boers
2008GermanyGerdas SchweigenBritta Wauer
2009IsraelDefamationYoav Shamir
2009United KingdomThe Secret Diary of the HolocaustAlexander Marengo
2009FranceDas Reich, Hitler’s death squadsMichaël Prazan
2009GermanyDer weiße Rabe – Max MannheimerCarolin Otto

2010s

YearCountryTitleDirectorNotes-
2010CanadaSong of the Lodz GhettoDavid Kaufman-
2010Israel
Germany		A Film UnfinishedYael Hersonski-
2011GermanyAuschwitzUwe Boll-
2011Israel
Germany		The FlatArnon Goldfinger-
2011TurkeyTurkish PassportBurak ArlıelA documentary about the Jews who were rescued by Turkish diplomats through having been given Turkish diplomatic passports.-
2011Israel
Germany		Hitler's ChildrenChanoch Zeevi-
2012AustriaDann bin ich ja ein MörderWalter ManoschekSubject of the film is Adolf Storms & the Deutsch Schützen massacre-
2012United StatesBearing Witness: The Voices of Our SurvivorsHeather Elliott-Famularohttp://www.bearingwitnesstoledo.com-
2012United StatesMisa's FugueSean Gastonwww.misasfugue.com-
2012Germany204 AR-Z 269/60Y Die ProtokolleWolfgang Jost & Winfried Wallat-
2012United StatesNo Place on EarthJanet TobiasDocumentary about a group of Jews who lived in caves in Ukraine for nearly 18 months to escape the Holocaust.-
2012United StatesREFUGE: Stories of the Selfhelp HomeEthan BensingerDocumentary about the last generation of Holocaust Survivors and Refugees at Chicago's Selfhelp Home-
2012United StatesThe ResortGalina Kalashnikovawww.codeoflifeproductions.com-
2012Netherlands
Belgium
United States		Karen Lynne & Richard Bloom-
2012United StatesJeff MacIntyre9 out of 10 Jewish children perished during the Holocaust. Those who survived were hidden. "Hiding Halina" is a documentary about a little girl who beat the odds.-
2013Austria
Germany		Das Radikal BöseStefan Ruzowitzky-
2013Canada
United States
The Lady in Number 6Malcolm Clarke-
2013ItalyRuggero GabbaiA documentary about the last days of the Jews of Rhodes.-
2013FranceLast of the UnjustClaude Lanzmannhttps://web.archive.org/web/20121028182739/http://www.le-pacte.com/international/upcoming-films/single/the-last-of-the-unjust/-
2014PolandWarsaw UprisingJan KomasaDocumentary film using archived and colorized footage of Warsaw uprising original Polish title Powstanie Warszawskie -
2014FranceIzieu, Children in the ShoahRomain Icard-
2014United StatesBerlin CallingNigel DickA punk fan from Los Angeles traces her father's journey back to the concentration camp in Theresienstadt where he spent two years of his life.-
2014Israel
Germany		Farewell Herr SchwarzYael ReuvenyAn Israeli woman living in Germany, granddaughter of a survivor, explores the ramifications of discovering a great-uncle who, unbeknownst to the family in Israel, lived out his life in East Germany near the camp he was held in.-
2014United KingdomNight Will FallAndre Singer-
2014Germany
Austria
Israel		The Decent OneVanessa Lapa-
2014FranceShoah, les Oubliés de l’HistoireVéronique Lagoarde-Ségot-
2014Israel
Czech Republic
Slovakia
United States		GisiNatasha DudinskiThe story of Gisi Fleischmann, a woman who believed she could stop the Holocaust if only she managed to raise enough money.-
2015United KingdomWhat Our Fathers Did: A Nazi LegacyDavid Evans-
2016GermanyAusterlitzSergei LoznitsaDocumentary showing how tourists act while visiting the Sachsenhausen and Dachau concentration camps.-
2017United StatesThe Zookeeper's Wife--
2018United StatesThe Number on Great-Grandpa's ArmAmy SchatzIt features a conversation between a ten year old and his Grandfather, a Holocaust survivor.-
2018United StatesWho Will Write Our HistoryRoberta Grossman-
2018GermanyDer Letzte JollyboyHans-Erich Viet-
2018United StatesOperation FinaleChris WeitzDramatization of the Mossad's clandestine operation to kidnap Adolf Eichmann from Argentina for his trial in Jerusalem-
2018CanadaThe Accountant of AuschwitzMatthew ShoychetTrial of Oskar Gröning who worked as accountant in Auschwitz, responsible for murder of over 300,000 Jews.-
2019HungaryA PásztorLászló IllésEnglish title: The Shepherd - The main character is an old shepherd, who lives alone on a ranch. After his daughter got killed by Nazis, he decided in his grief to save as many Jewish lives as possible.

2020s