7.7
Viewer Rating
Combines user and critic ratings from four sources
Holocaust (1978)
Bias Rating
Analyzing...
Center
Viewer Rating
Rating: 7.7
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.
Starring Cast
Bias Dimensions
Political: Center
Diversity: Moderate
Christianity: Negative
Judaism: Positive
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.
Starring Cast
Detailed Bias Analysis
Analyzing...
Center
Primary
The film's central subject, the Holocaust, is a universally condemned historical atrocity. While it critiques systemic racism and authoritarianism, its implicit call for remembrance, human dignity, and vigilance against hatred transcends partisan political ideologies, focusing on fundamental moral lessons rather than specific political solutions.
The miniseries adheres to historical accuracy in its casting, reflecting the demographics of the period without intentional modern DEI-driven recasting. However, its narrative explicitly condemns the actions and ideology of the Nazi regime, portraying the predominantly white, male perpetrators negatively and centering on the persecution of a minority group.
Secondary
The film depicts the widespread complicity, inaction, and moral failure of many Christian individuals and institutions in the face of Nazi atrocities. While some individual Christians may be shown, the narrative highlights the profound societal and institutional failure of the dominant Christian culture to protect its Jewish neighbors, portraying its adherents as largely failing their moral obligations.
The film unequivocally condemns the systematic persecution and extermination of Jewish people, portraying their immense suffering with profound sympathy and dignity. The narrative aligns with the inherent worth and humanity of the victims, making it clear that the bigotry and violence against them are monstrous and unequivocally wrong.
The 1978 miniseries 'Holocaust' chronicles the experiences of Jewish families and German perpetrators during World War II. The narrative does not include any explicit depiction or discussion of LGBTQ+ characters or their persecution, focusing instead on other aspects of the historical period.
The movie does not contain any action or adventure elements.
The historical drama miniseries 'Holocaust' (1978) features both real historical figures and original fictional characters. All historical figures are portrayed with their documented gender, and the fictional characters are original to the series, thus having no prior canon from which to swap genders.
The 1978 miniseries "Holocaust" is a historical drama depicting events and people predominantly of European descent. There are no instances where a character, historically or canonically established as one race, is portrayed by an actor of a different race.
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