Holocaust

Resource Information

The work Holocaust represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Fountaindale Public Library. This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Holocaust

Statement of responsibility

Titus Productions ; CBS Broadcasting ; Paramount Pictures ; produced by Robert 'Buzz' Berger ; written by Gerald Green ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

Contributor

• Reitano, Robert M
• Rotter, Stephen A
• Smedley-Aston, Brian
• Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993
• Warner, David, 1941-2022
• Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016
• Woods, James, 1947-
• Streep, Meryl
• CBS Broadcasting (Firm)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Titus Productions
• Almoslino, Edith
• Baker, Blanche, 1956-
• Berger, Robert, 1934-
• Bottoms, Joseph
• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-2022
• Farrell, Peggy
• Feldshuh, Tovah
• Green, Gerald
• Harris, Rosemary, 1927-
• Haygarth, Anthony
• Heim, Alan
• McKay, Craig
• Moriarty, Michael, 1941-

Subject

• War television programs
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany -- Drama
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Poland -- Drama
• Jewish ghettos -- Poland | Warsaw -- Drama
• Auschwitz (Concentration camp) -- Drama
• Kristallnacht, 1938 -- Drama
• Television mini-series
• Theresienstadt (Concentration camp) -- Drama
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• Historical television programs
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany -- Drama
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland -- Drama

Genre

• Drama
• Historical television programs
• Television mini-series
• Video recordings for the hearing impaired
• War television programs

Language

eng

Summary

Follows the tragedy and triumph of the Weiss family of Berlin and intertwines their fate as European Jews with the story of a German family, the Dorfs, whose members include a high-ranking Nazi officer. Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass" occurs and the Weiss family suffer a series of unspeakable tragedies in the aftermath

Member of

• CBS DVD

Awards note

• Emmy Awards, 1978: Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series (Peggy Farrell, Edith Almoslino) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Marvin J. Chomsky) ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, Alan Heim, Brain Smedley-Aston) ; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series (Michael Moriarty) ; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series (Meryl Streep) ; Outstanding Limited Series (Herbert Brodkin, Robert Berger) ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series (Blanche Baker) ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Gerald Green)
• Golden Globes, USA, 1979: Golden Globe - Best TV Actor - Drama (Michael Moriarty) ; Best TV Actress - Drama (Rosemary Harris)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Brian West ; editors, Alan Heim, Craig McKay, Robert M. Reitano, Stephen A. Rotter, Brian Smedley-Aston ; music, Morton Gould ; costume designers, Edith Almoslino, Peggy Farrell ; production designers, Theodor Harisch, Wilfred Shingleton

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.8.J48

LC item number

H65633878 2008

PerformerNote

James Woods, Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, David Warner, Anthony Haygarth, Sam Wanamaker, Blanche Baker

Runtime

449

Series statement

CBS DVD

Target audience

general

Technique

live action