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Overview

User Rating:
7.4/10   4,567 votes
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Director:
Costa-Gavras
Writers:
Costa-Gavras (writer)
Jean-Claude Grumberg (writer)
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Release Date:
27 February 2002 (France) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Plot:
During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to concentration camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana gives him a hand. full summary | add synopsis
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Awards:
2 wins & 8 nominations more
NewsDesk:
It’s Back to School for Haneke
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A must watch film more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)
Ulrich Tukur ... Kurt Gerstein

Mathieu Kassovitz ... Riccardo Fontana

Ulrich Mühe ... Doctor
Michel Duchaussoy ... Cardinal
Ion Caramitru ... Count Fontana
Marcel Iures ... Pope

Friedrich von Thun ... Gerstein's Father
Antje Schmidt ... Mrs. Gerstein
Hanns Zischler ... Grawitz

Sebastian Koch ... Höss
Erich Hallhuber ... Von Rutta
Burkhard Heyl ... Director
Angus MacInnes ... Tittman
Bernd Fischerauer ... Bishop von Galen
Pierre Franckh ... Pastor Wehr
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Amen (France)
Der Stellvertreter (Germany)
Eyewitness
Le vicaire (France) (working title)
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Runtime:
132 min
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
DTS | Dolby Digital
Filming Locations:
Bucharest, Romania more
Company:
Canal+ more

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The movie is based on a play by German playwright Rolf Hochhuth which started a lot of heated discussions and arguments after its first release in 1963. It even caused some diplomatic tensions. more
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Factual errors: In one of the scenes they say that the Treblinka camp is out of gas, referring to Zyklon B. Treblinka didn't use Zyklon B, instead they used carbon monoxide. more
Quotes:
Karl: In these heroic times, have you acquired some title or some kind of rank?
Kurt Gerstein: Lieutenant of the Waffen-SS.
Karl: Go to the SS Transportation Department. Thanks for your visit.
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12 out of 19 people found the following comment useful:-
A must watch film, 15 April 2003
8/10
Author: John Broadway from Athens, Greece

This is a must watch film. It's a complex and controversial story, well written, well acted, and the direction is superb.

The one dimensional nature of the main characters works very well - we see but a snapshot of the complexity of human nature and this begs you to ask the question of what would you do if you found yourself placed in such circumstances.

This is perhaps a trademark of Costa-Gavras's work (Mad City, Missing and Z in particular)

It is not just a cold view of the history of the time nor is it seeking to provide an answer to the big question - just shed light on the circumstances and on human nature.

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Should be in every Christian's movie library Shannon-32
Church's role in the Holocaust....(for skeptics and believers alike) Mr_Geppetto
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Much superior to 'Schindler's List', 'The Pianist'. panchaud
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