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Overview
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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (Spain)
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Tagline:
The Story You Haven't Seen
Plot:
A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando, Jews who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow Jews, find themselves in a moral grey zone. full summary | add synopsis
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1 win
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3 nominations
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(14 articles)
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Excellent Film
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | David Arquette | ... | Hoffman |
 | Velizar Binev | ... | Moll |
| David Chandler | ... | Max Rosenthal |
 | Michael Stuhlbarg | ... | Cohen |
| George Zlatarev | ... | Lowy (as Georgy Zlatarev) |
| Dimitar Ivanov | ... | Old Man |
| Daniel Benzali | ... | Simon Schlermer |
 | Allan Corduner | ... | Dr. Miklos Nyiszli |
 | Steve Buscemi | ... | 'Hesch' Abramowics |
 | Harvey Keitel | ... | SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt |
| Henry Stram | ... | SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele |
| Kamelia Grigorova | ... | Girl |
| Lisa Benavides | ... | Anja |
 | Shirly Brener | ... | Inmate |
 | Mira Sorvino | ... | Dina |
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MPAA:
Rated R for strong holocaust violence, nudity and language.
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Runtime:
108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:MA (cable rating) |
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:NC-16 |
South Korea:15 |
UK:15 |
Netherlands:16 |
USA:TV-MA (cable rating) |
Brazil:16 |
Japan:PG-12 |
Spain:18 |
USA:R (certificate #38234) |
Norway:15 |
Australia:R |
Germany:16 |
Finland:K-15
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Trivia:
A 90%/scale reproduction of the Auschwitz/Birkenau death camp was constructed near Sofia, Bulgaria, for the shooting of this film. The actual plans for the original Auschwitz camp were used to build the set.
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Goofs:
Revealing mistakes: When the Jews are ushered from the changing rooms to the "Shower" a women with a bikini top is visible for a moment in the background.
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Quotes:
SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt:
I never fully despised the Jews until I experienced how easily they could be persuaded to do the work here. To do it so well. And to their own people! They'll be dead by week's end, every soul. And we'll replace them with others no different. Do you know how easy that will be?
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Soundtrack:
Roses from the South, Opus 388
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FAQ
Was there really an uprising at Auschwitz? How did the resistors get their guns?What is the Nazi officer pouring into the vents on top of the gas chamber?
Is this film based on a book?
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When I visited Auschwitz in 1990, I remember that my companion and I sat down outside the gates, once we were done, and cried for about an hour before catching the train back to Krakow.
When I saw the first few minutes of this film, and those horrible buildings and the piles of ash that were still there when I visited, it brought everything back, but told a story I didn't know much about.
It makes sense that the Nazi's would have used Jews to dispose of other Jews...they were totally expendable, and it's very logical, and perhaps that is why it is so horrible.
The dialog is a bit Mamet like, yes, and you definitely know that you are watching something that was once a play, based on the somewhat mannered dialog and direction. And yet, it's a great story, well acted.
Who is culpable? What would you do to survive? If you knew you were probably going to die, wouldn't you want to enjoy your last few weeks eating and drinking well? It's one of the very few films on the Holocaust I've seen that doesn't draw everything in black and white....what some of these men do to their fellow Jews is despicable, yet who amongst us can say that if he were hungry and desperate, he might not do the same.
Definite food for thought.....and warning.. I wouldn't eat during this movie. You may experience some queasiness.