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Holocaust   1978         TV, 570 min. Genre: Drama Director: Marvin J. Chomsky   Cast: Tom Bell, Michael Moriarty, Tovah Feldshuh, Meryl Streep, Fritz Weaver, David Warner, Edward Hardwicke, Joseph Bottoms, Marius Goring, Rosemary Harris, Tony Haygarth, Ian Holm, Lee Montague, Sam Wanamaker, James Woods   This made-for-TV series won the Emmy for its excellence. It is the story of two families who suffered under the reign of Hitler during wartime Germany. The Jewish Weiss family (Fritz Weaver, Rosemary Harris, Sam Wanamaker, Joseph Bottoms, and Blanche Baker) celebrates the wedding of their son Karl (James Woods) to Christian Inga Helms (Meryl Streep). The families get along—until the Nazi's persecution of the Jews is increased, and major problems develop. Now, the story follows individual family members and how their lives change from 1935 to 1945 in war-torn Germany. Cast Tom Bell Adolf Eichmann Michael Moriarty Erik Dorf Tovah Feldshuh Helena Slomova Meryl Streep Inga Helms Weiss Fritz Weaver Dr. Josef Weiss David Warner Reinhard Heydrich Edward Hardwicke Biberstein Joseph Bottoms Rudi Weiss Marius Goring Heinrich Palitz Rosemary Harris Berta Palitz Weiss Tony Haygarth Heinz Muller Ian Holm Heinrich Himmler Lee Montague Uncle Sasha Sam Wanamaker Moses Weiss James Woods Karl Weiss