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Night Will Fall

2014

André Singer

Documentary, Self: Sidney Bernstein, Alfred Hitchcock

7.4

293

Documentary Researchers discover film footage from World War II that turns out to be a lost documentary shot by Alfred Hitchcock and Sidney Bernstein in 1945 about German concentration camps liberated by allied troops. When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, ... [+]

	Media	Author	Review
		David Parkinson Empire	"As startling and bleakly compelling as you'd expect from this rare combination of director and subject. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Mike Hale The New York Times	"It may not do full justice to all [of its] subjects in its tight 78 minutes, but it's not a film you're likely to forget."
		Geoffrey Macnab The Independent	"This is a shocking and moving account of how the Bernstein documentary was shot, edited and shelved. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"
		Dave Calhoun Time Out	"This wise, sober new documentary is a reminder of historical horrors, but it's also a tale of censorship. (...) Rating: ★★★★ (out of five)"
		Peter Bradshaw The Guardian	"This is an extraordinary record. But be warned. Once seen, these images cannot be unseen. (...) Rating: ★★★★★ (out of five)"
		FilmAffinity	According to actor Stephen Fry, a documentary "dark, deep, disturbing, shocking, brilliant (...) incredibly moving."

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