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The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)
89 min | Documentary, Drama, History

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The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)

89 min | Documentary, Drama, History

With a great archive footage coming from 16 countries, this Oscar nominated documentary briefly presents some of the most important facts about the Nazist persecution against Jews in Europe, starting with Hitler's rise to the power.

Director

Dieter Hildebrandt

Writers

Albert Hemsing (narration) | Esther Hemsing (narration) | Dieter Hildebrandt (film by) (screenplay) | Gerhard Schoenberner (book)

Producers

Arthur Cohn | Bengt von zur Mühlen (as Bengt von zur Muehlen)

Composer

Wolfgang de Gelmini

Cinematographer

Nicolas Joray

Editors

Helga Kruska | Erno Sethy

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Release date

Mar 5, 1981 (West Germany)

Awards

Nominated for 1 Oscar Award. Another 1 win

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17 cast members

Name	Known for
Alexander Scourby narrator in English version (voice) narrator in English version (voice) See fewer	The Big Heat (1953)
Holger Hagen narrator in English version (voice) narrator in English version (voice) See fewer	Man on a String (1960)
Helga Mayer-Maynard narrator in English version (voice) narrator in English version (voice) See fewer	The Yellow Star: The Persecution of the Jews in Europe - 1933-1945 (1981)
Simon Wiesenthal Self - introducer Self - introducer See fewer	The Odessa File (1974)
Joseph Goebbels Self (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels) Self (archive footage) (as Josef Goebbels) See fewer	Der Führer (1932)
Adolf Hitler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Paul von Hindenburg Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (1933)
Franz von Papen Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Deutschland erwacht - Ein Dokument von der Wiedergeburt Deutschlands (1933)
Albert Einstein Self - Giving speech (archive footage) Self - Giving speech (archive footage) See fewer	Schooling the World (2010)
Hermann Göring Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Wunder des Fliegens: Der Film eines deutschen Fliegers (1935)
Rudolf Hess Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Heinrich Himmler Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	The Twisted Cross - Twelve Years that Shook the Earth
Reinhard Heydrich Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage) See fewer	Triumph of the Will (1935)
Arthur Seyß-Inquart Self - Giving speech (archive footage) Self - Giving speech (archive footage) See fewer	Nuremberg (1948)
Friedhelm Ptok Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice) See fewer	Ich bin eine Terroristin (2010)
Heinz Rabe Self - Stimme 2 (voice) Self - Stimme 2 (voice) See fewer	Die Spieler (1963)
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