1998 American film
| Human Remains | |
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| Directed by | Jay Rosenblatt |
| Written by | Jay Rosenblatt |
| Distributed by | Locomotion Films |
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| Countries | United States Denmark |
Human Remains is a 1998 Danish-American documentary short film written and directed by filmmaker Jay Rosenblatt.
Summary
It reveals every intimate and mundane detail about the personal lives of Adolf Hitler, Benito Mussolini, Joseph Stalin, Francisco Franco and Mao Zedong while illustrating the banality of evil.
Production
Even though it is only a 30-minute film, it took Jay Rosenblatt 3 years to complete it with eight months of research.
Accolades
The film has won over 27 awards including a Sundance Jury Award.
References
- Human Remains (excerpt) posted by Karl-Heinz Teuber (German voiceover for the film) on YouTube
- AllMovie
- Human remains (VHS tape, 1998) - WorldCat.org
- Deckert Distribution GmbH
- "Fandor". Archived from the original on 8 November 2020. Retrieved 10 December 2020.
- TCM.com
- BFI
- 1998 Best Short Documentary—IDA Awards: Human Remains|International Documentary Association
- Rosenblatt, Jay — Senses of Cinema
- The Smell of Burning Ants — Senses of Cinema
- "Human Remains". Kanopy. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
- Senses of Cinema
- "Sundance Film Festival: Juries, Awards Night Host Announced". www.sundance.org. 17 January 2019. Retrieved 10 April 2019.
External links
- Human Remains at IMDb
- Human Remains at Jay Rosenblatt Films
- Excerpt
- 1998 films
- American documentary films
- Danish documentary films
- Films about dictators
- Documentary films about Adolf Hitler
- Documentary films about Benito Mussolini
- Films about Joseph Stalin
- Films about Francisco Franco
- Works about Mao Zedong
- American collage films
- Films directed by Jay Rosenblatt
- 1990s American films
- Sundance Film Festival award–winning films