Holocaust (1978)★ 8.0/10

Not Rated · US · 95 min · April 16, 1978 · 1 seasons

Drama
History
Romance
War

The saga of a Jewish family's struggle to survive the horror of Nazi Germany's systematic marginalization and extermination of their community. 2 different edits of the series exist - one with 4 episodes and one with 5 episodes.

Original title

Holocaust

Storyline

This miniseries follows each member of the Jewish Weiss family throughout Hitler's reign in Germany. One by one, the family members suffer the horrible fate of extermination under Anti-Semetic Nazi Law until only one son remains at the end of World War II. A subplot follows the story of Eric Dorf, a young German lawyer with a good heart who is changed into a mass murderer by membership in the S.S.

Rating

8.0 / 10 · 6,097

Companies

Titus Productions, National Broadcasting Company (NBC), BBC One, BBC Two, France Régions 3 (FR3), ARTE, Arcadès, Atlas Video, CBS DVD, Canale 5, Dall'Angelo Pictures, Dutch FilmWorks (DFW), Elephant Films, FS Film, Future Film, Gerit, GoodTimes Home Video, Histoire, Hitlab, Home Video Hellas (HVH), Image Entertainment, Llamentol, M6, MDC Video, MTV3, Midget Entertainment, Noble Entertainment, Norsk Rikskringkasting (NRK), Paramount Pictures, Paris Première, Polyband, Prisvídeo, RCA/Columbia-Hoyts Home Video, RTV, Republic Pictures

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