Berlin, Germany, 1935. The Weisses, a Jewish family, celebrate son Karl's marriage to Inga Helms, a Christian girl. When Erik Dorf is unable to find work as a lawyer, wife Marta urges him to apply for a Nazi regime job. Erik Dorf warns Dr. Weiss he should leave Germany. Karl is arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, and Dr. Weiss is deported to Poland. Erik Dorf continues to advance in the Nazi hierarchy.
Title | Holocaust - Season 1 Episode 1 The Gathering Darkness |
Year | 1978 |
Genre | Drama, War & Politics |
Country | United States of America |
Studio | NBC |
Cast | Tom Bell, Joseph Bottoms, Tovah Feldshuh, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Michael Moriarty |
Crew | Marilyn Johnson (Casting), Gerhard Ehringer (Gaffer), Jim Willis (Sound Mixer), Hans Jürgen Kiebach (Art Direction), Bernard Hayden (Sound Editor), Alan Heim (Editor) |
Alternative Titles | Holocausto, Holocaust - Die Geschichte der Familie Weiss, Ολοκαύτωμα, ホロコースト/戦争と家族, Holocaust: The Story of the Family Weiss |
Keyword | 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 |
First Air Date | Apr 16, 1978 |
Last Air date | Apr 19, 1978 |
Season | 1 Season |
Episode | 4 Episode |
Runtime | 88:14 minutes |
Quality | HD |
IMDb: | 7.40/ 10 by 62.00 users |
Popularity | 60.129 |
Language | Czech, English, French, German, Hebrew, Russian |