Holocaust (miniseries)
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| Genre |
Miniseries Drama |
| Created by | Gerald Green |
| Written by | Gerald Green |
| Directed by | Marvin J. Chomsky |
| Starring |
Joseph Bottoms Tovah Feldshuh Michael Moriarty Meryl Streep James Woods David Warner Fritz Weaver Sam Wanamaker George Rose John Houseman |
| Theme music composer | Morton Gould |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 4 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) |
Robert Berger Herbert Brodkin |
| Cinematography | Brian West |
| Editor(s) |
Craig McKay Stephen A. Rotter |
| Running time | 475 minutes |
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| Original network | National Broadcasting Company (NBC) |
| Original release | April 16 – April 19, 1978 (United States) |
Holocaust is a 1978 American four part television miniseries which tells the story of the Holocaust from the perspective of the (fictional) Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS, who gradually becomes a merciless war criminal. Holocaust highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War II, such as Kristallnacht, the creation of Jewish ghettos and later, the use of gas chambers. Although the miniseries won several awards and received critical acclaim, it was criticized by some, including noted Holocaust survivor and author Elie Wiesel, who described it as "untrue and offensive."
The series was presented in four parts on NBC:
A German Jewish family, the Weisses, consists of Dr. Josef Weiss (Fritz Weaver), the father; Berta Weiss (Rosemary Harris), the mother and talented pianist; Karl Weiss (James Woods), an artist who is married to a Christian woman named Inga Helms-Weiss (Meryl Streep); Rudi Weiss (Joseph Bottoms), an independent, rebellious soccer player; Anna Weiss (Blanche Baker), the young daughter; and Moses Weiss (Sam Wanamaker), Josef's brother and a chemist from Warsaw. Throughout the series, each member of the Weiss family experiences hardships and are ultimately led to a terrible fate, with the exception of Rudi and Inga.
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