Memorandum (film)

Memorandum
Memorandum
Directed by	Donald Brittain; John Spotton;
Written by	Donald Brittain
Produced by	John Kemeny
Starring	Bernard Laufer; Emil Bednarek; Wilhelm Boger; Arthur Breitwieser;
Cinematography	John Spotton
Edited by	John Spotton
Production; company	National Film Board of Canada
Release date	1965;
Running time	58 minutes
Country	Canada
Language	English

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Memorandum is a one-hour 1965 documentary co-directed by Donald Brittain and John Spotton, and produced by John Kemeny for the National Film Board of Canada.^[1] It follows Bernard Laufer, a Jewish Holocaust survivor, on an emotional pilgrimage back to the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp.^[2] Considered by many critics to be Brittain's finest work, the film's title refers to Hitler's memorandum about the "final solution."^[3]

A detailed analysis of the film's structure is available in Ken Dancyger's The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice.^[4]

Awards

Venice Film Festival, Venice: First Prize, Lion of St. Mark, 1966
Golden Gate International Film Festival, San Francisco: First Prize, Essay, 1966
Vancouver International Film Festival, Vancouver: Certificate of Merit, Television Films, 1966
Montreal International Film Festival, Montreal: Special Mention, Medium-Length Films, 1966^[5]

References

^ "Memorandum". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.
^ "Memorandum". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ "Donald Brittain". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2009-10-09.
^ Dancyger, Ken (2002). "Analysis of documentary sequences: Memorandum". The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier. pp. 302–314. ISBN 0-240-80420-1.
^ "Memorandum". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

External links

Watch Memorandum on the NFB website
Memorandum at IMDb

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[1] "Memorandum". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

[NFB_collection-2] "Memorandum". Collection. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[CFE-3] "Donald Brittain". Canadian Film Encyclopedia. Film Reference Library. Archived from the original on 2007-09-26. Retrieved 2009-10-09.

[Dancyger-4] Dancyger, Ken (2002). "Analysis of documentary sequences: Memorandum". The Technique of Film and Video Editing: History, Theory and Practice (3rd ed.). Burlington, MA: Elsevier. pp. 302–314. ISBN 0-240-80420-1.

[5] "Memorandum". onf-nfb.gc.ca. National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 3 February 2023.

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