| Shoah: Four Sisters | |
|---|---|
| French | Les quatre soeurs |
| Directed by | Claude Lanzmann |
| Written by | Claude Lanzmann |
| Produced by | David Frenkel |
| Starring | Paula Biren Ruth Elias Ada Lichtman Hanna Marton |
| Cinematography | Dominique Chapuis |
| Edited by | Chantal Hymans |
| Music by | Jérémy Azoulay |
Production companies | CNC Synecdoche |
| Distributed by | Arte |
Release dates |
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Running time | 273 minutes |
| Country | France |
| Languages | French English German Hebrew |
Shoah: Four Sisters (French:Les quatre soeurs) is a 2017 Frenchdocumentary film byClaude Lanzmann, his final film prior to his death in 2018. A continuation of his acclaimed 1985 filmShoah,Four Sisters chronicles four women – Paula Biren,Ruth Elias, Ada Lichtman and Hanna Marton – who, after escaping the concentration camps, tried to find a life after the Holocaust. Lanzmann traveled around four Eastern European countries, interviewing and got accounts from four separate women.[1][2][3][4]
It premiered at the2017 New York Film Festival,[5] and first aired on TV as a four-part series on January 23, 2018.Shoah: Four Sisters was shortlisted for France's entry in theBest Documentary Feature at the91st Academy Awards.
The movie opened Wednesday in New York City'sQuad Cinema with a total of $474. The next day the movie increased 6% to $515, for a two-day total of $919. The film continued to post steadily increases through the weekend ($550 on Friday, $897 on Saturday, and $1,393 on Sunday) for a three-day total of $2,840 and a five-day total of $3,829. The movie therefore operated at a loss.[citation needed]
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