The Natural History of Destruction
Sergei Loznitsa / DE, NL, LT, 2022 / 111 min.
Sergei Loznitsa (Donbas, Maidan) has made an impressive archive-based documentary about the mass bombing of German cities by the Allies: the abstract beauty of the footage from the air masks the devastation and suffering of the civilian population on the ground.
If you’ve seen a few documentaries on World War II, you’ve probably seen some footage of the bombing of Berlin, Hamburg and Dresden. But these are fragments of a bigger story. Sergei Loznitsa’s latest film goes much further: for almost two hours, he shows us a compilation of recordings from the air of the mass bombing campaigns of the final years of WWII.
Details
Director
Sergei Loznitsa
Production year
2022
Country
DE, NL, LT
Original title
The Natural History of Destruction
Length
111 min.
Language
English, German
Subtitles
NLD
Format
DCP
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