Antje Schmidt, Friedrich von Thun, Hanns Zischler

Two systems: the Nazi machine versus the Vatican and Allied diplomacy. Two men are struggling from the inside: On one side, Kurt Gerstein, a real-life chemist and SS officer, supplies the death camps ...( read more  read more... )with zyklon B while he tirelessly denounces the crimes and alerts the Allies, the Pope, the Germans and their churches of their murderous policy against the European Jews. Kurt does this at his own risk, and at the risk his family's welfare and safety. On the other side, Ricardo Fontana, a young Jesuit, is a fictitious character who represents all the priests, who were determined to struggle against savagery; many of them paying for their courage with their lives. Countless priests, some known, others anonymous, were simply not content to live with the silence of their church's hierarchy vis-à-vis the Nazi machine.

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DVD Release Date: August 12, 2003

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  • May 31, 2008
    A leisurely paced docu-drama account of the Holocaust told from the perspective of Kurt Gerstein, a chemist in the SS who put aside his disgust to document and testify the crimes he witnessed. A true story that offers one of the best cinematic insights into Nazi Germany but it's ...( read more)not the most original and failed to get me involved emotionally or otherwise.
  • May 7, 2008
    Final five seconds were my favorite. not necessarily cuz it was it was over but the guy who was evil then denys it. thats awesome.
  • May 15, 2009
    A good movie about the resistance to the Holocaust by some in the military and others in the church.
  • March 26, 2009
    A real good movie, and very long also, think it was a little over 2 hours, but it's really good! SEE IT IF YOU HAVEN'T!
  • February 4, 2009
    strong film.
    Violent without showing and visual violence
  • December 27, 2008
    Un oficial-químico de las SS descubre el exterminio de judíos en los campos de concentración y busca hacer algo al respecto. Es buena pero habría sido mejor que fuese hablada en alemán y no en inglés.
  • August 2, 2008
    Costa-Gavras proves once again that political thrillers can be vigorous, fresh and engaging.
  • June 10, 2008
    Not at all interested
  • June 9, 2008
    The story of Vatican's non-intervention during the WWII. Hard.
  • May 23, 2008
    could have been better done I think, was kinda confusing sometimes because it's foreign actors speaking English so you can't always understand them; otherwise was a really sad movie

Critic Reviews


March 7, 2003
Mick LaSalle, San Francisco Chronicle

An expose of the Catholic hierarchy in a state of mind-boggling paralysis, presented in a fictional context that, inevitably, dulls its edge and makes us question its accuracy. full review

January 23, 2003
A.O. Scott, The New York Times

Neither as moving nor as illuminating as it should be. full review

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