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30 November 2001 (Spain) moreTagline:
The Story You Haven't SeenPlot:
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 synopsisAwards:
1 win & 3 nominations moreNewsDesk:
(4 articles)
Toronto hosts World Preems for Leaves of Grass and Ondine (From ioncinema. 14 July 2009)
Natasha Lyonne "Fighting for Her Life"
(From WENN. 22 August 2005)
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THE GREY ZONE is so good it's literally painful to watch. moreCast
(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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Rated R for strong holocaust violence, nudity and language.Parents Guide:
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108 minCountry:
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1.85 : 1 moreSound Mix:
Dolby DigitalCertification:
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-15Fun Stuff
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Jeff Danna who is the credited composer did not score the movie. There is no score in the actual film but he did write music for the title and end credit sequences. He also arranged a classical piece used as source music. moreGoofs:
Factual errors: The sonderkommandos mounted the uprising in a hurry. The krematorium IV Kommando rebelled after they knew they were about to be liquidated. They used only blunt weapons and self made grenades and set the krematorium 4 on fire (only one). The rebellion wasn't planned from the start. moreQuotes:
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele: This isn't our war.Doctor Miklos Nyiszli: Not mine.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele: Nor mine. I can assure you. But, to allow this all to go to waste.
Doctor Miklos Nyiszli: I understand your position.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele: Clearly you do more than that.
Doctor Miklos Nyiszli: As you wish.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele: Meaning?
Doctor Miklos Nyiszli: There is no meaning.
SS-Hauptsturmfuhrer Josef Mengele: We're going to be increasing the volume of our research.
Doctor Miklos Nyiszli: I shall need more staff.
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This might not sound like a recommendation, but when you consider the film's subject matter, "painful" is actually a good word to describe THE GREY ZONE's brilliance. Director Tim Blake Nelson has crafted a fascinating portrayal of the Sonderkomando, Jewish concentration-camp prisoners who help the Nazis in order to ensure for themselves a few extra months of life, as well as creature comforts denied to the other prisoners. The script and cast are equally effective. David Arquette proves himself to be not merely the idiot bastard son of the Arquette family with a powerful performance; Harvey Kietel and Steve Buscemi are brilliant as always. The film's real strength, making it the greatest Holocaust film I've ever seen, is its relevance; we may think ourselves to noble to sell out our brethren to save our own lives, but we would certainly reconsider if actually faced with this choice. In the end, Nelson brilliantly implies that perhaps the nightmare world of the Sonderkomando is really not so different from our own workaday reality.