Holocaust (1978)

04/16/1978 (US)

Drama, War & Politics

A story of hope in a time of despair

Overview

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.

Top Billed Cast

Tom Bell

Adolf Eichmann

4 Episodes

Joseph Bottoms

Rudi Weiss

4 Episodes

Tovah Feldshuh

Helena Slomová

4 Episodes

Rosemary Harris

Berta Palitz Weiss

4 Episodes

Tony Haygarth

Heinz Müller

4 Episodes

Michael Moriarty

Erik Dorf

4 Episodes

Deborah Norton

Marta Dorf

4 Episodes

George Rose

Lowy

4 Episodes

Robert Stephens

Uncle Kurt Dorf

4 Episodes


Last Season

Miniseries

1978 | 4 Episodes

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a young Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a beautiful Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the terrifying maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the tragic storms of World War II and the unspeakable horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious but wimpy lawyer undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.

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Status

Ended

Network

network

Type

Miniseries

Original Language

English

Keywords

berlin, germany

based on novel or book

husband wife relationship

holocaust (shoah)

ss (nazi schutzstaffel)

world war ii

jew persecution

warsaw ghetto

auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp

nazi

male friendship

miniseries

historical drama

1940s

warsaw, poland

1930s

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