Night Will Fall (2014): cast, story & where to watch

Released in 2014, Night Will Fall is a documentary film directed by André Singer, running about 75 minutes.

What it’s about. When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada Television) aimed to create a documentary that would provide lasting, undeniable evidence of the Nazis’ unspeakable crimes. He commissioned a wealth of British talent, including editor Stewart McAllister, writer and future cabinet minister Richard Crossman – and, as treatment advisor, his friend Alfred Hitchcock. Yet, despite initial support from the British and US Governments, the film was shelved, and only now, 70 years on, has it been restored and completed by Imperial War Museums under its original title "German Concentration Camps Factual Survey".

Who’s in it. Night Will Fall stars Helena Bonham Carter as Narrator (voice), Jasper Britton as Narrator (German Concentration Camps Factual Survey) (voice), Toby Haggith as Self - Imperial War Museums and Sidney Bernstein as Self - 1984 (archive footage), among others.

How it landed. With an audience score of 7.5/10, Night Will Fall has been warmly received by audiences.

Where to watch. In GB you can stream it on Amazon Prime Video and Amazon Prime Video with Ads and rent or buy it from Amazon Video. See the full, country-by-country breakdown on our where to watch Night Will Fall page.

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