Witnessesisasimple,yetpowerfulmovingtrilogy,depictingthehorrorsoftheHolocaust.Eachstoryinthefilmprovidesanunusual,yetharrowingperspectiveonthetragiceventsduringWorldWarII,toldfromtheperspectiveofthreeuncannywitnesses.Shoes,theshortestofthestories,doesnothaveasinglelineofdialogueorevenafacefeaturedinit.Allweseeisapairofredshoeswhichbeautifullydepictfirstlove,thenmarriage,thestartoffamilylifeandtheonsetofthetragicwar.Brutus,isastoryaboutaGermanShepherddogseparatedfromherbelovedmistressandturnedintoaguarddogataconcentrationcamp.Thefinalstory,Violin,opensatthebeginningofthe20thCenturyinaviolinshop,wheretheinstrumentwascreatedasapresentforaJewishboy.TheviolinbecomeswitnesstothetragiceventsthatfollowedduringtheHolocaust.Acaptivatingscore,makesthislessthanconventionalfilmexposethesheerevilandterrorthatpervadedeveryaspectoftheHolocaust,andissuretoopentheeyesofeveryonewhoseesit.
