Lanzmann’s search among witnesses and those who remained silent, and the making of Shoah.
Claude Lanzmann spent 12 years creating Shoah (1985), a groundbreaking film that redefined Holocaust representation. 40 years later, filmmaker Guillaume Ribot explores 220 hours of unreleased footage. Lanzmann’s quest to capture the reality of the Holocaust led him to interview victims, witnesses, and perpetrators from all over the world. Overcoming doubt, setbacks, and false leads, he embarked on an unparalleled journey culminating in a landmark masterpiece, now part of UNESCO’s Memory of the World Register. Only using Lanzmann’s own words and never-before-seen excerpts, Guillaume Ribot pays homage to one of cinema’s masterpieces and to its director’s relentless pursuit to tell the untold.
Original title
All I had was Nothingness
Information
documentary | Language: French, Polish, English, Hebrew, German with English and Hungarian subtitles | 94 min
Featured festivals & awards
Berlinale Special programme at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival.
Tags
feature film, filmmaking, holocaust
