A Film Unfinished
Yael Hersonski
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Plot Summary
At the end of WWII, 60 minutes of raw film, having sat undisturbed in an East German archive, was discovered. Shot by the Nazis in Warsaw in May 1942, and labeled simply "Ghetto," this footage quickly became a resource for historians seeking an authentic record of the Warsaw Ghetto. However, the later discovery of a long-missing reel, inclusive of multiple takes and cameraman staging scenes, complicated earlier readings of the footage. A FILM UNFINISHED presents the raw footage in its entirety, carefully noting fictionalized sequences (including a staged dinner party) falsely showing "the good life" enjoyed by Jewish urbanites, and probes deep into the making of a now-infamous Nazi propaganda film.
Movie Reviews from Rotten Tomatoes
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97%- Reviews Counted: 60
- Fresh: 58
- Rotten: 2
- Average Rating: 8.5/10
Top Critics' Reviews
Fresh: Moving, mysterious and intellectually provocative, A Film Unfinished positions familiar Holocaust horrors (the R rating was unsuccessfully contested) within a philosophical commentary on the way we view images.
Fresh: Hersonski quietly and insistently unravels reality from ''reality''; her commitment to archival authenticity is its own tribute to those no longer able to testify.
Fresh: It stands as a unique film-within-a-film, of significance for the historical value of the raw images, the memories they spur and internal evidence of how the Nazis staged scenes long assumed to be real.
Fresh: Harrowing Nazi footage of the Warsaw ghetto is made to reveal more than its makers intended in this historically invaluable doc.
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