Night Will Fall (2014)

In April 1945, when the Allied Forces were liberating the Nazi concentration camps, they witnessed gruesome scenes: corpses were covering the ground, smoke was rising above half-burnt charred bodies. As the Germans were retreating, they were trying to cover all traces of their crimes. The freshly trained combat cameramen recorded what was perhaps the most shocking footage of the 20th century. Using the archival material from the British, American, and Soviet armies, director Sidney Bernstein created a documentary that exposes the aftermath of the atrocities that took place at Dachau, Buchenwald, and other concentration and labor camps. The film was created with Alfred Hitchcock's participation, who made edits to one of its first versions. They say that the master of the thriller was so shaken when he saw the liberation of Bergen-Belsen, that he did not appear at his studio for a week.

Bernstein did not finish the film. To commemorate the 70-year anniversary of the Victory, the footage was restored, and the film was edited according to the director's initial vision. Authors of the full version made in the 21st century found several survivors of the camps who appeared on the original footage.