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Claude Lanzmann
Claude Lanzmann was a French filmmaker, best known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985), which consists of nine and a half hours of oral testimony from Holocaust survivors, witnesses, and perpetrators presented using contemporary, non-historical footage. He is also known for his 2017 documentary film Napalm, about a love affair he had with a North Korean nurse whilst visiting North Kore…
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culture · French documentary filmmaker (1925–2018) · journalist · writer · film director · screenwriter · French resistance fighter · film producer · film screenwriter · documentarian · director · filmmaker · also Claude Lanzmann, Lanzmann
Born 27 November 1925 · Died 5 July 2018 · Q551512
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2026· 1 entry
2025· 3 entries
Deadline.com: Oscar Nominee Adam Benzine Releasing Director’s Cut Of His Film On Claude Lanzmann, Maker Of ‘Shoah’ Masterpiece
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The Guardian: ‘The most important thing was getting to the truth’: how Claude Lanzmann broke all the rules to create Shoah
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Deadline.com: ‘Shoah’ Trailer: Claude Lanzmann’s Iconic Work To Screen At Berlinale To Mark 40th Anniversary Of Release & 80 Years Since Auschwitz Liberation
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2024· 1 entry
Variety: MK2 Films Acquires Worldwide Rights to Claude Lanzmann’s Films, Including ‘Shoah’ (EXCLUSIVE)
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2019· 1 entry
Jewish Telegraphic Agency: Claude Lanzmann’s late son wanted his sperm to be used to father a child. A European court said no.
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2018· 8 entries
The Film Stage: Claude Lanzmann’s ‘Shoah: Four Sisters’ Brings a Female Perspective to Survival Under the Horrors of Nazism
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The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann: the man who told the story of Shoah
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The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann obituary
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The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann: a superstar intellectual of impeccable integrity and rigour | Peter Bradshaw
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The Guardian: Shoah director Claude Lanzmann dies aged 92
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Digital Journal: Claude Lanzmann, director of Holocaust film ‘Shoah’, dies at 92
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Died 2018-07-05.
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Claude Lanzmann died on 5 July 2018 at his Paris home, after having been ill for several days.
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2017· 2 entries
The Guardian: Why I bluffed my way into North Korea: Claude Lanzmann on his Pyongyang lover
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The Guardian: Napalm review – Claude Lanzmann's gripping account of erotic encounter in North Korea
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2014· 1 entry
Awarded Grand Cross of the National Order of Merit (2014).
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2013· 3 entries
Won Honorary Golden Bear (2013).
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IndieWire: Cannes Review: At Nearly 4 Hours, Claude Lanzmann’s ‘The Last of the Unjust’ Adds a Valuable Chapter to ‘Shoah’
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The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann returns to the Holocaust
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2012· 3 entries
The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann: bearing witness | Observer editorial
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The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann: the man who stood witness for the world
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Which included interviews filmed at the time of the original production but that never made it into the film
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2011· 1 entry
The Guardian: Claude Lanzmann on why Holocaust documentary Shoah still matters
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2009· 1 entry
Published his memoirs under the title Le lièvre de Patagonie ("The Patagonian Hare")
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1999· 1 entry
Awarded honorary doctor of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem (1999).
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1997· 1 entry
“One has to die with them again in order that they didn’t die alone.”
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1993· 1 entry
Awarded Verzetsprijs van de Stichting Kunstenaarsverzet (1993).
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1985· 1 entry
Awarded Francine and Antoine Bernheim Award for Arts, Literature and Science (1985).
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1925· 1 entry
Born 1925-11-27.
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