Synopsis
Who Will Write Our History tells the story of Emanuel Ringelblum and the Oyneg Shabes Archive, the secret archive he created and led in the Warsaw Ghetto. With 30,000 pages of writing, photographs, posters, and more, the Oyneg Shabes Archive is the most important cache of in-the-moment, eyewitness accounts from the Holocaust. It documents not only how the Jews of the ghetto died, but how they lived. The film is based on the book of the same name by historian Samuel Kassow.
Scores
Overall Score
37.2
Popularity Percentile (Year)
25.8%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
30.3%
Review Aggregate
74.8
Critic Consensus
Critic reception is largely positive, with 90% of 100 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize funny, character-driven, visually striking. Most critics frame the film as an effective delivery of its core style and intent.
funnycharacter-drivenvisually strikingemotionallightheartedstylizedgrittyupliftinghistoricalsatirical
Cast
| Cast | Year | Reported Salary | Inflation Adjusted | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dev Patel | 2019 | $786,000 | $964,000 | (est) |
| Aneurin Barnard | 2019 | $484,000 | $593,000 | (est) |
| Peter Capaldi | 2019 | $364,000 | $447,000 | (est) |
| Morfydd Clark | 2019 | $298,000 | $365,000 | (est) |
| Daisy May Cooper | 2019 | $255,000 | $312,000 | (est) |
| Rosalind Eleazar | 2019 | $224,000 | $275,000 | (est) |
| Hugh Laurie | 2019 | $201,000 | $247,000 | (est) |
| Tilda Swinton | 2019 | $183,000 | $225,000 | (est) |
| Ben Whishaw | 2019 | $169,000 | $207,000 | (est) |
| Paul Whitehouse | 2019 | $157,000 | $192,000 | (est) |
Aggregated Reviews
Rotten Tomatoes critic score92.0
RT critic review count249
Rotten Tomatoes audience score55.0
RT audience rating count500
IMDb rating7.5
IMDb votes248
Box Office ?
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Domestic | 2019 | $138,039 | $169,350 |
| International | 2019 | $829 | $1,017 |
| Worldwide | 2019 | $138,868 | $170,367 |
Earnings / Profitability
| Category | Year | Reported | Inflation Adjusted |
|---|---|---|---|
| Revenues | |||
| Theatrical Net Revenue | 2019 | $69,351 | $85,082 |
| Digital Rentals ? | 2019 | $1,429,000 | $1,753,138 |
| Digital Purchases ? | 2019 | $1,707,000 | $2,094,196 |
| Physical Rentals ? | 2019 | $647,000 | $793,758 |
| Physical Purchases ? | 2019 | $1,861,000 | $2,283,127 |
| TV & Streaming Revenue | 2019 | $69,020 | $84,675 |
| Total Revenues | 2019 | $5,782,371 | $7,093,976 |
| Expenses | |||
| Budget ? | 2019 | $15,600,000 | $19,138,521 |
| Print & Advertising (P&A) ? | 2019 | $111,000 (est) | $136,178 (est) |
| Participations | 2019 | $116,000 | $142,312 |
| Residuals ? | 2019 | $273,000 | $334,924 |
| Interest & Overhead | 2019 | $3,120,000 | $3,827,704 |
| Total Expenses | 2019 | $19,220,000 | $23,579,640 |
| Movie Net Profit or Loss | 2019 | $-13,437,629 | $-16,485,664 |
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