Photographer


1h 16m 1998

Brief Synopsis

The discovery of 50 year-old Nazi photographs in a Vienna used bookstore reveal untold stories of cruel human experimentation in the Lodz Ghetto work camp. The photographs were taken by Nazi Walter Genewein, who sought to make a record of how the Polish Jews were "civilized" by the German culture of

Film Details

Also Known As
Fotomator
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Arte; Eurimages; StudioCanal; Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)
Distribution Company
Seventh Art Releasing; Eone
Location
Lodz, Poland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 16m

Synopsis

The discovery of 50 year-old Nazi photographs in a Vienna used bookstore reveal untold stories of cruel human experimentation in the Lodz Ghetto work camp. The photographs were taken by Nazi Walter Genewein, who sought to make a record of how the Polish Jews were "civilized" by the German culture of work. His dispassionate but revealing images are counterposed with the narration of Dr Arnold Mostowicz, who survived the ghetto work camp and was one of its doctors.

Film Details

Also Known As
Fotomator
MPAA Rating
Genre
Documentary
Release Date
1998
Production Company
Arte; Eurimages; StudioCanal; Telewizja Polska S.A. (TVP)
Distribution Company
Seventh Art Releasing; Eone
Location
Lodz, Poland

Technical Specs

Duration
1h 16m

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Miscellaneous Notes

Winner of the 1998 Prix Europa for Best Non-Fiction Television Programme.

Released in United States Spring March 5, 1999

Released in United States April 14, 1999

Released in United States June 25, 1999

Released in United States on Video September 7, 2004

Released in United States 1998

Released in United States March 1999

Released in United States October 1999

Shown at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (in competition) November 25 - December 3, 1998.

Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 18-28, 1999.

Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-14, 1999.

Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 7-17, 1999.

Released in United States Spring March 5, 1999

Released in United States April 14, 1999 (Film Forum; New York City)

Released in United States June 25, 1999 (Music Hall; Los Angeles)

Released in United States on Video September 7, 2004

Released in United States 1998 (Shown at International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam (IDFA) (in competition) November 25 - December 3, 1998.)

Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Cleveland International Film Festival March 18-28, 1999.)

Released in United States March 1999 (Shown at Santa Barbara International Film Festival March 4-14, 1999.)

Released in United States October 1999 (Shown at Mill Valley Film Festival October 7-17, 1999.)