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The Grey Zone (2001) -- 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.
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Release Date:
30 November 2001 (Spain) more
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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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Awards:
1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
Excellent Film more (95 total)

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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Additional Details

MPAA:
Rated R for strong holocaust violence, nudity and language.
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108 min
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1.85 : 1 more
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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. more
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Factual errors: The movie mentions the rebellion taking place in 'Number One' and 'Number Three' Crematorium in Birkenau. In reality these crematoria were numbered 2 and 4 (the number 1 crematorium was in the main camp Auschwitz 1). The unit working in Crematorium 2 was known as Kommando 1, however. more
Quotes:
Hoffman: I used to think so much of myself... What I'd make of my life. We can't know what we're capable of, any of us. How can you know what you'd do to stay alive, until you're really asked? I know this now. For most of us, the answer... is anything. It's so easy to forget who we were before... more
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Referenced in Film Geek (2005) more
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Roses from the South, Opus 388 more

FAQ

How did the girl survive in the gas chamber?
Was there really an uprising at Auschwitz? How did the resistors get their guns?
Was the girl executed at the end of the original story?
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6 out of 8 people found the following comment useful.
Excellent Film, 20 November 2006
9/10
Author: darienwerfhorst from United States

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.

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