Following the recent release of Perlasca: The Courage Of A Just Man (available to buy now at Amazon.co.uk), we were challenged with chronicling the 10 greatest films on the Holocaust.
One of history’s darkest moments, the Holocaust has been the backdrop of many fictional and non-fictional films. Perlasca charts the journey of one of the lesser known heroes of the time, Giorgio Perlasca, who saved more than 5000 jews. Starring Luca Zingaretti, from the BBC hit series Montalbano, and featuring a Ennio Moricone score, the feature is available to buy on DVD for the very first time. Perlasca audaciously rescues two boys from being herded onto a freight train in defiance of a German lieutenant colonel on the scene, who happened to be none other than Adolf Eichmann.
Many films that focus on the holocaust can scream of distaste if not made well, but there have also been...
One of history’s darkest moments, the Holocaust has been the backdrop of many fictional and non-fictional films. Perlasca charts the journey of one of the lesser known heroes of the time, Giorgio Perlasca, who saved more than 5000 jews. Starring Luca Zingaretti, from the BBC hit series Montalbano, and featuring a Ennio Moricone score, the feature is available to buy on DVD for the very first time. Perlasca audaciously rescues two boys from being herded onto a freight train in defiance of a German lieutenant colonel on the scene, who happened to be none other than Adolf Eichmann.
Many films that focus on the holocaust can scream of distaste if not made well, but there have also been...
- 4/9/2013
- by Stuart Cummins
- Obsessed with Film
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