Imaginary Witness: Hollywood and the Holocaust (2004) Plot Summary Explained

Release, runtime and language

2004 · 92 mins · English

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Directed by

Daniel Anker

Starring

Ralph Fiennes, Ben Kingsley, Gene Hackman, Dan Curtis, Sidney Lumet, Rod Steiger

Anker’s 90‑minute documentary surveys more than six decades of Hollywood’s fraught, often contradictory engagement with Nazi Germany and the Holocaust. It probes how cinema shapes cultural memory and moral perception, offering a thought‑provoking, though not exhaustive, entry point into the complex relationship between the film industry and this darkest chapter of history.