The 81st Blow
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| Directed by | David Bergman Jacques "Jacquo" Ehrlich Haim Gouri |
| Written by | Haim Gouri |
| Produced by | David Bergman Jacques Ehrlich Haim Gouri Beit Lohamei HaGhettaot |
| Edited by | Jacques Ehrlich |
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Running time | 115 minutes |
| Country | Israel |
| Languages | Yiddish Hebrew |
The 81st Blow (Hebrew: המכה ה-81 and also known as The Eighty-First Blow) is a 1974 Israeli documentary film directed by Haim Gouri. The film covers the oppression of Jews under the Nazis and features rare historical footage of concentration camps. It was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature.[1][2] The title is derived from a comment by a witness at Adolf Eichmann's trial. According to his testimony, he was whipped 80 times by the Nazis, but was not believed by Israelis after the war; this final doubt of his own people was the "81st blow". The 81st Blow is the first film in the Israeli Holocaust Trilogy by Bergman, Ehrlich and Gouri.[3] It was followed by The Last Sea (1984) and Flames in the Ashes (1985).
References[edit]
- ^ "NY Times: The 81st Blow". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. 2012. Archived from the original on 18 October 2012. Retrieved 15 November 2008.
- ^ "The 47th Academy Awards (1975) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Retrieved 10 June 2019.
- ^ Loshitzky, Yosefa; Identity politics on the Israeli screen. 2001: University of Texas Press.
External links[edit]
- "The 81st Blow" - The full film is available on VOD on the website for the Israel Film Archive - Jerusalem Cinematheque
- The 81st Blow at IMDb
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