On September 29-30,1941, Sonderkommando 4a of the Einsatzgruppe C, assisted by two battalions of the Police Regiment South and Ukrainian Auxiliary Police, and without any resistance from the local population, shot dead in the Babi Yar ravine in the north-west of Kiev 33 771 Jews. The film reconstructs and visualises the historical context of this tragedy through archive footage documenting the German occupation of Ukraine and the subsequent decade.
About the film
Details
- Running time
- 2 hr. 0 min.
- Country, year
- Netherlands, Ukraine, 2021
- Genre
- Documentary
- Language
- Russian
- Subtitles
- English, Lithuanian
- Age rating
- N-18
Credits
- Director
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Screenplay
- Sergei Loznitsa
- Producers
- Maria Choustova, Sergei Loznitsa
Festivals and awards
- Golden Eye Award (Special Mention)
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Sergei Loznitsa has been making documentary films since 1996; 19 of them have been awarded at various festivals. Loznitsa’s feature debut “My Joy” (2010) premiered in the main competition at the Cannes Film Festival. “In the Fog” (2012) was awarded FIPRESCI prize at the 65th Festival de Cannes. "A Gentle Creature" (2017) has been presented in Cannes’ main competition, "Donbass" (2018) received the prize for Best Directing of the Un Certain Regard
