Holocaust (1978)
A story of hope in a time of despair
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.
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Cast & Crew
- Director
Adolf Eichmann Tom Bell
Rudi Weiss Joseph Bottoms
Helena Slomová Tovah Feldshuh
Berta Palitz Weiss Rosemary Harris
Heinz Müller Tony Haygarth
Erik Dorf Michael Moriarty
Marta Dorf Deborah Norton
Lowy George Rose
Miniseries
1978
4 episodes
Season 1 of Holocaust premiered on April 16, 1978
Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a young Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a beautiful Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the terrifying maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the tragic storms of World War II and the unspeakable horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious but wimpy lawyer undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.
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Keywords
- berlin, germany
- based on novel or book
- husband wife relationship
- holocaust (shoah)
- ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
- world war ii
- jew persecution
- warsaw ghetto
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- nazi
- male friendship
- miniseries
- historical drama
- 1940s
- warsaw, poland
- 1930s