Holocaust: Directed by Marvin J Chomsky (Cousin of Noam Chomsky) Holocaust was a television miniseries broadcast in 1978 on the NBC television network. The series tells the (fictional) story of the holocaust from the perspective of the Weiss family of German Jews and that of a rising member of the SS - who gradually becomes a merciless war criminal. Holocaust highlighted numerous important events which occurred up to and during World War II - such as Kristallnacht - the creation of Jewish ghettos and later - the use of gas chambers(?) Although the miniseries won several awards and received critical acclaim

Starring:

Blanche Baker, Bruno Thost, Charles Korvin, Cyril Shaps, David Warner, Deborah Norton, Fritz Weaver, Götz von Langheim, Gabor Vernon, George Pravda, George Rose, Ian Holm, Irene Prador, Isolde Barth, James Woods, Joe Trummer, John Bailey, Joseph Bottoms, Käte Jaenicke, Lee Montague, Martin Brandt, Meryl Streep, Michael Beck, Michael Moriarty, Miriam Mahler, Murray Salem, Nina Sandt, Peter Vogel, Robert Stephens, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Stanley Lebor, Tom Bell, Tony Haygarth, Tovah Feldshuh, TP McKenna, Vernon Dobtcheff, Werner Kreindl

Genre:

Drama, Romance, War, History