Holocaust

Resource Information

The work Holocaust represents a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Wild Rose (Patterson Memorial). This resource is a combination of several types including: Work, Moving Image, Visual Materials.

Label

Holocaust

Statement of responsibility

Titus Productions ; CBS Broadcasting ; Paramount Pictures ; produced by Robert 'Buzz' Berger ; written by Gerald Green ; directed by Marvin J. Chomsky

Creator

• Holocaust (Television program)

Contributor

• CBS Broadcasting (Firm)
• Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm)
• Paramount Pictures Corporation
• Titus Productions
• Almoslino, Edith
• Baker, Blanche, 1956-
• Berger, Robert, 1934-
• Bottoms, Joseph
• Chomsky, Marvin J., 1929-
• Farrell, Peggy
• Feldshuh, Tovah
• Green, Gerald
• Harris, Rosemary, 1930-
• Haygarth, Tony, 1945-
• Heim, Alan
• McKay, Craig
• Moriarty, Michael, 1941-
• Reitano, Robert M
• Rotter, Stephen A
• Smedley-Aston, Brian
• Streep, Meryl
• Wanamaker, Sam, 1919-1993
• Warner, David, 1941-
• Weaver, Fritz, 1926-2016
• Woods, James, 1947-

Subject

• Auschwitz (Concentration camp)
• Family -- Television mini-series
• Historical -- Television mini-series
• Historical television programs
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Germany
• Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Poland
• Jewish ghettos -- Poland | Warsaw
• Kristallnacht, 1938
• Television mini-series
• Television movies
• Theresienstadt (Concentration camp)
• Videodiscs for the hearing impaired
• War -- Television mini-series
• War television programs
• War television programs
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Germany
• World War, 1939-1945 -- Atrocities -- Poland

Genre

• Family
• Historical
• Television movies
• War
• War television programs

Language

eng

Summary

Follows the tragedy and triumph of the Weiss family of Berlin and intertwines their fate as European Jews with the story of a German family, the Dorfs, whose members include a high-ranking Nazi officer. Kristallnacht, the "night of broken glass" occurs and the Weiss family suffer a series of unspeakable tragedies in the aftermath

Awards note

• Emmy Awards, 1978: Emmy - Outstanding Achievement in Costume Design for a Drama or Comedy Series (Peggy Farrell, Edith Almoslino) ; Outstanding Directing in a Drama Series (Marvin J. Chomsky) ; Outstanding Film Editing in a Drama Series (Stephen A. Rotter, Robert M. Reitano, Craig McKay, Alan Heim, Brain Smedley-Aston) ; Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series (Michael Moriarty) ; Outstanding Lead Actress in a Limited Series (Meryl Streep) ; Outstanding Limited Series (Herbert Brodkin, Robert Berger) ; Outstanding Single Performance by a Supporting Actress in a Comedy or Drama Series (Blanche Baker) ; Outstanding Writing in a Drama Series (Gerald Green)
• Golden Globes, USA, 1979: Golden Globe - Best TV Actor - Drama (Michael Moriarty) ; Best TV Actress - Drama (Rosemary Harris)

Cataloging source

TEFMT

Characteristic

videorecording

Credits note

Director of photography, Brian West ; editors, Alan Heim, Craig McKay, Robert M. Reitano, Stephen A. Rotter, Brian Smedley-Aston ; music, Morton Gould ; costume designers, Edith Almoslino, Peggy Farrell ; production designers, Theodor Harisch, Wilfred Shingleton

Date time place

Originally broadcast on CBS television in 1978

Dewey number

791.45/72

Intended audience

Not rated

Language note

Closed-captioned

LC call number

PN1992.8.J48

LC item number

H65633878 2008

PerformerNote

James Woods, Meryl Streep, Michael Moriarty, Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, David Warner, Anthony Haygarth, Sam Wanamaker, Blanche Baker

Runtime

449

Target audience

general

Technique

live action