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1955 | Color | 32 min

Twelve years after the discovery of the Nazi concentration camps, Alain Resnais films in the deserted camp of Auschwitz. The green grass grows at the same time that black and white photographs taken in 1944, reconstruct the tragedy of thousands of people.


Country: Francia
Direction: Resnais; Alain
Script: Cayrol; Jean
Production: Dauman; Anatole
Photography: Cloquet; Ghislain, Vierny; Sacha
Sound: Chasney; Jacqueline
Music: Eisler; Hanns
Cast:Bouquet; Michel
Participation year at FICM: 2009

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