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‘shoah’ to Be Screened in USSR

February 7, 1988
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The French-made film ‘Shoah,” which traces the Nazi extermination of six million Jews on the very grounds where the Holocaust occurred, will be shown in Moscow this week.

It will be part of French Film Week, opening in the Soviet capital Sunday night. The French film industry will be displaying its most important productions.

“Shoah,” which runs nine hours, will be screened in two parts Wednesday and Thursday, at the Soviet film center, Dom Kino, according to its director, Claude Lanzmann. The film, which has received international acclaim, already has been shown in Poland, where it drew large audiences.

Lanzmann said he hoped it also would be shown on Soviet television. The director of the Soviet television and radio authority announced he will attend the “Shoah” screening. He is expected to meet with Lanzmann, who leaves Monday for Moscow with the French delegation.

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