On the occasion of this commemorative day, two films, almost five decades apart, bear witness to the extermination of European Jews during the Second World War.
Deported to Germany with her Jewish parents, 14-year-old Edith is soon separated from them and interned in a labor camp. With the help of a few people, she survives by taking on the identity of an Aryan teenager who has just died. Having to live with common-law prisoners, her role in the camp will change.
Gillo Pontecorvo
Gillo Pontecorvo is an Italian filmmaker who debuted in the cinema after the Second World War as an assistant to Yves Allégret and Mario Monicelli. From 1953, he directed his first documentary films and contributed to an episode of Die Windrose, supervised by Alberto Cavalcanti. The following year, he directed his first feature film, La grande strada azzurra. In 1960, he directed Kapò, nominated for an Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film in 1961. In 1966, he directed his most important film, La Battaglia di Algeri, awarded with the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival that same year. In 1992, Gillo Pontecorvo was named director of the Venice Film Festival.
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