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Die Lüge und der Tod

Together with Stephan Hermlin, H&S examine two five-minute film documents in this film, which were shot in 1941 on behalf of the Gestapo. The comparison with a written eyewitness account exposes the first film - "about the dazzling supply of food to the Jews" - as a propaganda lie, while the second - made 14 days later - conveys a complex picture of the Nazi extermination bureaucracy.

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Release DateNovember 17, 1988
StatusReleased
Original TitleDie Lüge und der Tod
Runtime 34min
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LanguageGerman
Original LanguageGerman
Production CountriesEast Germany
Production CompaniesDEFA-Studio für Wochenschau und DokumentarfilmeFernsehen der DDR
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