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The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone

Drama · War · History · 2001

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

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The Grey Zone

“The story you've never seen.”

2001 Drama · War · History 1h 48m

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6.6 / 10

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The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

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Directed by

Tim Blake Nelson

Written by

Tim Blake Nelson

David Arquette

David Arquette

Hoffman

Velizar Binev

Velizar Binev

Moll

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Cohen

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Simon Schlermer

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Nyiszli

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

'Hesch' Abramowics

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt

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The defence The Prestige Tourist

“Ambition earns the room.”

The film reaches for consequence and scale, accepting the risk of seriousness instead of shrinking from it.

The prosecution The Popcorn Loyalist

“Importance has entered the chat.”

The production keeps announcing its significance, as though awards-season posture were proof of insight.