The 81st Blow (1974)

• 75%
• 1974
• Documentary
• Jacques Ehrlich
• David Bergman
• Haim Gouri

An historical document made up of footage and still shot by the Nazis. A compilation of testimony from witnesses who appeared at the Eichmann trial provides a telling narrative. The film's title refers to the story of a Jewish boy in one of the ghettos, who was struck with 80 blows. He survived and immigrated to Israel, where he found that no one believed his story - which for him was the 81st blow!