Łódź Ghetto
Seen it?1989 | 98 min | Documentary, History
Weeknight Watchearly ratingWhy it’s a Weeknight Watch
With soft box office, it's a mixed bag. Fine if it's on; don't plan your night around it.
Based on critics, audiences, awards, box office and buzz. Details below.Is it for you?
- Who'll love it
- Made for the curious and history buffs.
- The mood
- Harrowing, eye-opening.
- The pace
- Moves along nicely, at 1 hr 38 min.
- What might put you off
- Nothing much for most grown-ups.
The Polish city of Łódź was under Nazi occupation for nearly the entirety of WWII. The segregation of the Jewish population into the ghetto, and the subsequent horrors are vividly chronicled via newsreels and photographs. The narration is taken almost entirely from journals and diaries of those who lived–and died–through the course of the occupation, with the number of different narrators diminishing as the film progresses, symbolic of the death of each narrator.
How it earned its rating
- CriticsNot counted
Not enough reviews on record yet
- AudiencesNot counted
Not measured yet: not enough ratings
- AwardsNot counted
Awards data unavailable, so this isn't counted
- Reach & staying powerBelow par
Streaming release that reached a small audience so far; still draws a steady audience long after release
- Buzz & cultural impactSolid
About 51K people sought it out in the past year
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Cast & crew
Directed by Alan Adelson, Kate Taverna
- Jerzy KosińskiMordechai Chaim Rumkowski
- Theodore Bikel(voice)
- Julie Cohen(voice)
- Barbara Rosenblat(voice)
- Nicholas Kepros(voice)
- David Warrilow(voice)
- Lynn Cohen(voice)
- Frederick Neumann(voice)
- Jerry Matz(voice)
- Gregory Gordon(voice)