The Grey Zone (2001)

The Grey Zone (2001) (Blu-Ray) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
San Sebastian International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( DTS 5.1 )
English ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( DTS 5.1 )
German ( DTS-HD Master Audio )
German ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
Germany ( Blu-Ray/Region A/B/C )

Running Time:
108 min

Aspect Ratio:
Widescreen (1.78:1)

Special Features:
Cast/Crew Interview(s)
Deleted Scenes
Interactive Menu
Making Of
Scene Access
Trailer(s)

Movie filmed in 2001 and produced in:
United States ( USA, Canada )

Directed By:
Tim Blake Nelson

Written By:
Miklos Nyiszli
Tim Blake Nelson

Actors:
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

Synopsis:

The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. Together, the Sonderkommandos struggled to organize the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. As the rebellion is about to commence, a group from the unit discovers a 14-year-old girl who has miraculously survived a gassing. A catalyst for their desperate attempt at personal redemption, the men become obsessed with saving this one child, even if doing so endangers the uprising which could save thousands. To what terrible lengths are we willing to go to save our own lives, and what in turn would we sacrifice to save the lives of others?

During the Jewish Holocaust of the Second World War, as part of the genocidal 'Final Solution', several death camps are established in occupied Poland to receive, process, and exterminate the Jews of Europe. To help run this massive machinery of death, the German S.S. establishes the Jewish Sonderkommandos: special groups of prisoners who will help run the gas chambers in exchange for special privileges, unheard of by Concentration Camp standards. 'The Grey Zone' thus explores the life of 12th Auschwitz Sonderkommando, up to and including a major uprising in which the Sonderkommando destroyed two gas chambers after learning that they were to be killed and replaced by a new group of prisoners.

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.

This product was added to our catalog on Tuesday 30 March, 2021.