““If a hallmark of great art is its ability to transcend the limited circumstance of its creation, then there is no more heartbreaking realization of this than the Catholic Requiem by Jewish prisoners at the Nazi concentration camp Terezin…eloquently in [the] new documentary DEFIANT REQUIEM.”
—Huffington Post
PBS
ABOUT THE FILM:
In he face of horrific living conditions, slave labor and the constant threat of deportation to Auschwitz, the Jewish inmates of Terezin concentration camp — artists, musicians, poets and writers — fought back with art and music. The gripping story of an artistic uprising in a Nazi concentration camp told through archival film, prisoners’ artwork, survivor recollections, cinematic dramatizations, evocative animation and soaring concert footage.
CREDITS:
Produced by
PETER SCHNALL
DOUG SHULTZ
Written & Directed by
DOUG SHULTZ
Music Director
MURRY SIDLIN
Editor
MARK FASON
Executive Producers
WHITNEY JOHNSON
PETER SCHNALL
Narrated by
BEBE NEUWIRTH
AWARDS:
TWO NEWS AND DOCUMENTARY EMMY AWARD NOMINATIONS
Outstanding Historical Documentary Long Form and Outstanding Writing
