[workerbee]

I’ve never heard about this. How fascinating. I hope this doesn’t sound crass, but why is the footage in this film more disturbing than so much of the disturbing video that’s been shown?

Also, with regard to the narration, why would they change the original Trevor Howard to a “contemporary actor”?

[fungoking]

To me the worse part was the seemingly endless dragging of bodies to mass graves, bulldozers pushing piles of bodies into pits; just seems to go on and on.

Trevor Howard’s understated narration really added to the effect.

[BBell]

The way it was shot for one. This is footage taken immediately after the camp was discovered. I remember the guards at the camp being forced to clean up the bodies. One guard was walking along dragging a corpse that was more of a skeleton then a human body. There is no editing out any of the most vile scenes.

In regard to the narration, when I watched it it was shown in full, non-stop. At the beginning it was announced that the original audio was not complete but that the documentary would be played like it was, with the audio coming on and off frequently.

It's been almost 30 years since I watched it but if I remember correctly there were some scenes where bodies parts were coming detached from the corpses as they were being moved.

[a fool in paradise]

Also, with regard to the narration, why would they change the original Trevor Howard to a “contemporary actor”?

It may have to do with England's copyright laws and things lapsing into the public domain. By establishing a new audio track, they can assert a new copyright.