Siege (1940 film)

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Siege
Directed byJulien Bryan
Narrated byJulien Bryan
CinematographyJulien Bryan
Distributed byRKO Radio Pictures
Release date
  • 1940 (1940)
Running time
10 minutes
CountryUnited States
LanguageEnglish
Siege by Julien Bryan

Siege is a 1940 documentary short about the Siege of Warsaw by the Wehrmacht at the start of World War II. It was shot by Julien Bryan, a Pennsylvanian photographer and cameraman who later established the International Film Foundation.[1]

Siege was nominated for an Oscar for Best One-reel Short at the 13th Academy Awards in 1941,[2] and, in 2006, it was named to the National Film Registry by the Librarian of Congress as "a unique, horrifying record of the dreadful brutality of war".[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Librarian of Congress Adds Home Movie, Silent Films and Hollywood Classics to Film Preservation List". Library of Congress. December 27, 2006.
  2. ^ "The 13th Academy Awards (1941) Nominees and Winners". oscars.org. Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 2011-08-12.


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