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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.

poster The Natural History of Destruction (Sergei Loznitsa, NL 2022)
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

Scenes from this movie may cause fearPersons under 12 years must be accompanied by an adult

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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