
Claude Lanzmann
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Born: 1925-11-27 · Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Died: 2018-07-05
Biography
Claude Lanzmann (27 November 1925 – 5 July 2018) was a French filmmaker known for the Holocaust documentary film Shoah (1985). Lanzmann was born on 27 November 1925 in Paris, France, the son of Paulette (née Grobermann) and Armand Lanzmann. His family was Jewish, and had immigrated to France from The Russian Empire. He was the brother of writer Jacques Lanzmann. Lanzmann attended the Lycée Blaise-Pascal in Clermont-Ferrand. While his family disguised their identity and went into hiding during W
🎬 Movies (20)

All I Had Was Nothingness
2025
Self (archive footage)

We Shall Not Die Now
2019
Self (archive footage)

A Philosopher in the Arena
2019
Self

Ziva Postec: The Editor Behind the Film Shoah
2018
Self (archive footage)

Shoah: Four Sisters
2018
Self - Interviewer

Napalm
2017
Self

The Clown
2016
Self

Claude Lanzmann: Spectres of the Shoah
2015
Self

The Last of the Unjust
2013
Self - Interviewer
Claude Lanzmann "On Shoah": A Conversation with Serge Toubiana
2013
himself
Shoah: The Unseen Interviews
2011
Self - Interviewer

The Karski Report
2010
Self - Interviewer

Lights And Shadows
2008
Self - Interviewer

Sobibor, October 14, 1943, 4 p.m.
2001
Self - Interviewer

A Visitor from the Living
1999
Self - Interviewer

Tsahal
1994
Self - Interviewer

Hôtel Terminus: The Life and Times of Klaus Barbie
1988
Self

Shoah
1985
Self - Interviewer

Israel, Why
1973
Self - Interviewer
Delphine Seyrig
1970



