ID

FBW002890      Documentary

Country / Year

Great Britain, 1992

Original Title

Primo Levi: The Memory of the Offence

Directed by

Denys Blakeway

Produced by

Fine Arts Production; for British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), London

Staff

Producer, var: John Blake (Ausführender Produzent); Production manager: Barbara Dean; Production assistance: Deborah Ford; Camera: Jonathan Harrison; Assistent cameraman: James McCallum; Process camera: Chris Shelley; Editing: Noel Chanan; Mixing: Colin Martin; Assistent sound recording: Chris Renty; Narration: Tim Pigott-Smith (Primo Levi)

Subject

Primo Levi

Length

50'

Format

Video

Dates

- 11 Nov 1992: First broadcast, BBC

Abstract

This film reports about the tragic life story of Primo Levi with the use of literary quotations from his work and memories from his closest friends. He shows how the experience in Auschwitz turned a quiet chemist into an author who many regard to be the greatest writer of the holocaust.

Subject Terms

1940-1949; 1990-1999; Auschwitz (Entire camp complex); Auschwitz III; Aftermath of the Holocaust