Holocaust

A story of hope in a time of despair

1978Drama · War & Politics

First aired

April 16, 1978

7.3

TMDB Score

73% match · 76 votes

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The Gathering Darkness

Miniseries · Apr 16, 1978 · 1h 26m

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The Weisses, a Jewish family, celebrate son Karl's marriage to Inga Helms, a Christian girl. When Erik Dorf is unable to find work as a lawyer, wife Marta urges him to apply for a Nazi regime job. Erik Dorf warns Dr. Weiss he should leave Germany. Karl is arrested and sent to Buchenwald concentration camp, and Dr. Weiss is deported to Poland. Erik Dorf continues to advance in the Nazi hierarchy.

About the Series

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DramaWar & Politics

Synopsis

Berlin, Germany, 1935. The day Karl Weiss, a Jewish painter, and Inga Helms, a Christian woman, marry, is the one in which both of them and the entire Weiss family are caught up in the maelstrom of the Nazi regime, the storms of World War II and the horrors of the criminal Final Solution, the Holocaust, the Shoah; while Erik Dorf, an ambitious lawyer, undertakes his fall into hell at the hands of the sinister Reinhard Heydrich.

CreatorGerald Green

First aired
April 16, 1978
Last aired
April 19, 1978
Seasons
1 season · 4 episodes
Status
Ended
Original language
English
Network
NBC

Top Billed Cast

Tom Bell

Tom Bell

Adolf Eichmann

Joseph Bottoms

Joseph Bottoms

Rudi Weiss

Tovah Feldshuh

Tovah Feldshuh

Helena Slomová

Rosemary Harris

Rosemary Harris

Berta Palitz Weiss

Tony Haygarth

Tony Haygarth

Heinz Müller

Michael Moriarty

Michael Moriarty

Erik Dorf

DN

Deborah Norton

Marta Dorf

George Rose

George Rose

Lowy

Robert Stephens

Robert Stephens

Uncle Kurt Dorf

Meryl Streep

Meryl Streep

Inga Helms Weiss

Sam Wanamaker

Sam Wanamaker

Moses Weiss

David Warner

David Warner

Heydrich

Fritz Weaver

Fritz Weaver

Dr. Josef Weiss

James Woods

James Woods

Karl Weiss

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