The Dead Nation

Name: The Dead Nation
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2017-08-25
Rating: 6

DocumentaryHistory1h 23m

6.0/10

6.0

TMDB

Storyline

A documentary-essay which shows Costică Axinte's stunning collection of pictures depicting a Romanian small town in the thirties and forties. The narration, composed mostly from excerpts taken from the diary of a Jewish doctor from the same era, tells the rising of the antisemitism and eventually a harrowing depiction of the Romanian Holocaust.

Trailers

THE DEAD NATION trailer | BFI London Film Festival 2017

Details

DirectorRadu Jude

ReleasedAug 25, 2017

StatusReleased

Original languageRomanian

Budget

Not disclosed

Revenue

Not disclosed

Parental guideNot rated

Studios

Hi Film ProductionsFast Film

Reviews

5 reviews · 4 critics

4 fresh · 0 rotten

Jessica Kiang

RTVarietyNov 23, 2017

Armchair historians and amateur photographers alike may get a lot from this quietly reverent, unashamedly educational experience.

Neil Young

RTThe Hollywood ReporterAug 9, 2017

Dealing in an intelligent and original manner with antisemitism and nationalistic propaganda in the context of "ordinary" folks' lives, it deserves wide exposure at documentary-oriented festivals and far beyond.

Laura Clifford

RTReeling ReviewsMay 2, 2019

a masterful cinematic recreation of history, showing us a decaying, innocent world while telling us how what we do not see is destroying it.

Robin Clifford

RTReeling ReviewsMay 1, 2019

The matter of fact narration of the terrible events combined with the benign-looking photos - some depict children giving the Heil Hitler salute - is a chilling look into a history that, if we are not careful, may repeat itself.