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Shoah

1985 French documentary film about the Holocaust
Movie film Q1720765
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Summary

Shoah is a film[1]. Shoah ranks in the top 3% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (10,206 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Claude Lanzmann[3]
  • Screenwriter: Claude Lanzmann[4]
  • Genre: documentary film[5]
  • Cast member: Raul Hilberg[6], Claude Lanzmann[7], Jan Karski[8], Szymon Srebrnik[9], Mordechaï Podchlebnik[10], Rudolf Vrba[11]
  • Producer: Claude Lanzmann[12]
  • Depicts: cattle wagon[13], Holocaust train transport[14], gas chamber[15], crematorium[16], ghetto[17]
  • Location: Jewish Museum Berlin[18]
  • Director of photography: William Lubtchansky[19]
  • Original language of film or TV show: English[20], Hebrew[21], French[22], German[23]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[24]
  • Review score: 100%[25], 9.2/10[26], 99/100[27], 8.7/10[28]
  • Color: color[29]
  • Country of origin: France[30]
  • Publication date: January 1, 1985[31]
  • Distributed by: New Yorker Films[32], Netflix[33]
  • Official website: http://www.ifcfilms.com/films/shoah/[34]
  • Main subject: World War II[35], The Holocaust[36]
  • Described at URL: https://www.unesco.org/fr/memory-world/shoah-claude-lanzmann-restored-35-mm-negative-audio-archive-witnesses-history-shoah-200-hours[37], https://www.unesco.org/en/memory-world/shoah-claude-lanzmann-restored-35-mm-negative-audio-archive-witnesses-history-shoah-200-hours[38]
  • Heritage designation: Memory of the World International Register[39]
  • Title: Shoah[40]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[41]
  • Duration: 540 minutes[42]
  • Set in period: World War II[43], 20th century[44], 1940s[45]
  • CNC film rating (France): no age restriction[46]

Why It Matters

Shoah has Wikipedia articles in 19 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] Shoah is known by 11 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

Related Entities

Claude Lanzmann film France Jan Karski Netflix Rudolf Vrba

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  16. [18] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  23. [25] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . IMDb. wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  34. [36] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . unesco.org. unesco.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . wikidata.org.
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  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . film distribution certificate. wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 2d ago · UndefinedRachel · 2026-10-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Wikipedia languages → ['bg', 'ca', 'cy', 'de', 'en', 'eo', 'es', 'fa', 'fi', 'fr', 'gl', 'he', 'id', '
    Bbc programme id → b0516gd5, m0033kxj
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  2. 6w ago · MsMorale · 2026-08-30 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → cattle wagon, Holocaust train transport, gas chamber +2
    P14821 → 90015
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  3. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-29 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Depicts → cattle wagon, Holocaust train transport, gas chamber +2
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  4. 7w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  5. 8w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-22 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Filmová databáze film id → 54277
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  6. 9w ago · Schemathings · 2026-08-15 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Set in period → World War II, 20th century, 1940s
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +1985-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Screenwriter → Claude Lanzmann
    Duration → {'unit': 'Q7727', 'amount': '+540'}
    Heritage designation → Memory of the World International Register
    + 25 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
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