Four Eyed Monsters
Advertisement
Sign in
Username   Password         Forgot password?
Wanna join? Tour Spout | Sign up
The Grey Zone
  • 0
  • 1
  • 2
  • 3
  • 4
  • 5
  • Rate this movie.

trailerWatch trailer

Rent it, watch it, find it

Advertisement
Synopsis
Actor, writer, and director Tim Blake Nelson adapts this grim look at the Holocaust from his own play, based on Miklós Nyiszli's book, Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account. The film centers on the Sonderkommando: Jewish concentration camp prisoners whose job was to herd their fellow Jews into the gas chamber, and to dispose of the bodies following the execution. In return, these prisoners received food and a little more time before their own executions. As the members of the sonderkommando struggle to orchestrate what would be the only armed insurrection in Auschwitz, a group of them discover a 14-year-old girl who somehow survived the gas chamber. The girl becomes a symbol for their own spiritual salvation and they become obsessed with keeping the girl alive, even if it endangers the uprising that could save thousands. This film was screened at the 2001 Toronto Film Festival. ~ Jonathan Crow, All Movie Guide

Cast

David Arquette Hoffman
Daniel Benzali Schlermer
Steve Buscemi Abramowies
Alan Corduner Dr. Nyiszli
Harvey Keitel Muhsfeldt
Henry Stram Mengele
Lee Wilkof Man With Watch
Mira Sorvino Dina
Jessica Hecht Man's Wife
Natasha Lyonne Rosa
Brian F. O'Byrne Interrogator
Michael Stuhlbarg Cohen
David Chandler Rosenthal
Lisa Benavides Anja
Kamelia Grigorova Girl

Production Crew

Miklós Nyiszli Book Author
Jeff Danna Composer (Music Score)
Tim Blake Nelson Director
Tim Blake Nelson Editor
Tim Blake Nelson Play Author
Avi Lerner Producer
Christine Vachon Producer
Danny Lerner Producer
Pamela Koffler Producer
Tim Blake Nelson Producer
Tim Blake Nelson Screenwriter
Year: 2001
Runtime: 108
Country: USA
MPAA Rating: R
for strong holocaust violence, nudity and language
Category: Feature


Color type
FotoKem color

Sound
Dolby Digital

Produced by
Goatsingers
Killer Films
Millennium Films

Release
October 18, 2002 (USA - Limited)
by Lions Gate Films

Awards
2002 - Freedom of Expression Award - National Board of Review