Night Will Fall (2014)

Good concept, poorly executed.

best movie i've ever seen.

As Good As It Gets

Very interesting film. Was caught on the premise when seeing the trailer but unsure as to what the outcome would be for the showing. As it turns out, it was a very good film.

If you think that you understand the scope of the German atrocities committed during WWII, even if you have been to the Holocaust Museum, unless you have seen this film, you likely do not. With footage much of which had not seen publicly before this 2014 documentary, this film chronicles the liberation of prison and death camps as filmed by British, American, and Soviet army photographers, as well as the healing of the survivors after liberation, and the prosecution of those who managed the death camp industry. The title comes from the narration, "Unless the world learns the lesson these pictures teach, night will fall. But by God's grace, we who live will learn." A must-see film to understand the catastrophic consequences that hate and bigotry can bring.

If you're looking to see the actual film, it's not here & there is no clue to where it is."German Concentration Camps Factual Survey" is the film. Where is it? Don't bother clicking on anything on YouTube. Nothing there but ads & still shots of studio logos.Other than that HUGE letdown, this is a wonderful documentary. The very end is most poignant to SEE the apathy of Germans who lived down the road throughout the atrocities.

This is a miraculous film...miraculous in that it exists, but more than even that; miraculous in it's unadulterated depiction of the worst of humanity in wartime.The dichotomy of war is depicted here. In Bergen-Belsen we see life struggling to be what life is and just feet away from piles of death as the corps were strewn. How can these two depictions of life occur so physically close? Only in the worst of war can such atrocities be present, if diversely repugnant. See this film and only trust your moral center as everything must be judged by inherent good.The old adage that we are doomed to repeat history unless we learn from it comes to heart. Right now we have ISIS, a modern day Nazi style faction. Can we sit idly by and let evil fester. This film makes it clear that the cost will only exponentially multiply if good men sit by and do nothing. See this, weep for those lost at the hands of evil in the past, and renew your resolve that we must stand for good at this later day time where evil once more rears a powerful head.

The imagery is searing. Yes, the finished documentary is loosely assembled, as others point out. But then it's the graphic horrors that count. At 75, I've seen the hellish horrors in other documentaries. Nonetheless, the tale must be told every generation, and what could be more persuasive than such footage. I'm glad the filming comes from a number of death camps, showing the systematic nature of the extermination, and what, I think, most any of us are capable of given certain conditions.I am sorry that footage showing the gas chambers was apparently not yet available. That would further demonstrate the murderous Nazi intent. I've heard apologists claim that the mounds of emaciated dead resulted from a wartime lack of food, not the result of intentional starvation. Still, those German civilians parading through the camps do look well fed. Too bad that more isn't detailed about how the documentary got caught up in the politics of the day. As a result the film ended up filed away for decades. That appears an interesting story deserving of more explanation. Also, the interviews with survivors bring a bygone time to life, and are often as wrenching as the past is. For them, the reality of the camps is still a vivid presence.No, the 75-minutes are not entertaining, as others point out. Nonetheless, the visible record of "human junk piles" presents an opportunity for our deepest reflection.