Documentary interview with Yehuda Lerner, who at 17 participated in a prisoner revolt at the Nazi-run Sobibor extermination camp. Originally filmed for inclusion in Lanzmann's 1985 documentary Shoah.
Direction
Lanzmann's refusal to cut away — the silence IS the horror.
Acting
Lerner's performance of memory: precise, performative, devastatingly human.
Director
Claude Lanzmann
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Lanzmann originally filmed this in 1979 for Shoah but held it back for 22 years, releasing it as a standalone after realizing Lerner's account deserved its own frame.
Lerner's demonstration of the killing method—using Lanzmann's hand as prop—transforms the interview into visceral reenactment without leaving the room.
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