Allan Corduner, Daniel Benzali, David Arquette

The story of five prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp as told through the memoirs of Dr. Miklos Nyiszil, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz.

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80 critics

R, 1 hr. 48 min.

Directed by: Tim Blake Nelson

Release Date: October 18, 2002

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DVD Release Date: March 18, 2003

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Flixster Reviews (244)


  • April 24, 2008
    A look at the lifes of the prisoners in a concentration camp and the lead up to a up raising against the german. Well made and very grim but a well worth watch and a brush up history lesson.
  • April 21, 2008
    When I started watching this movie, I knew I had seen it before, but looking at all my list, I can't find it. But Have seen it before guess it was in the theather. A great movie, showing what things were like inside the prision camps during WWII, Horroable, I can only hope that A...( read more)mericans today would still feel the same as they did in WWII, but somehow I doubt we would. Things are just so different. Worth th watch,
  • November 17, 2009
    The Grey Zone was one more of a powerful, disturbing,brutally and honest movies ever made about the holocaust.It was the true story of a group Hungarian Jews who were forced to work in the gas chambers and crematoria, the so called SonderCommandos. The mass murders has never been...( read more) shown so openly in a movie as in here. The cast,consisting of David Arquette in the leading role gave a super performance, while the supporting roles such as Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino were amazing. Allan Corduner performed the role of the Jewish pathologist perfectly, he assisted the Germans in their horrible experiments.Anyone who watches The Grey Zone will be moved to see these Hungarians Jews, who were forced into doing what they did.Horrible..
  • September 9, 2009
    that was insane.....
    wow ....
  • September 6, 2009
    Eye-opening, heart-wrenching, and very real.
    Some of the scenes were difficult to watch. It was unflinching and didn't allow you to rest. You're on the edge of your seat not knowing what will happen next just like the people that were in the camps. And the ending is definitely no...( read more)t a hopeful one, so don't expect to feel good after the movie's done. That's how it should be anyways because the Holocaust was not a joke.
  • June 10, 2009
    The story of five prisoners in the Auschwitz concentration camp as told through the memoirs of Dr. Miklos Nyiszil, a hungarian Jew chosen by Joseph Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz
  • February 24, 2009
    Bleak subject matter, but excellent film
  • February 19, 2009
    was better then i thought it would be
  • February 2, 2009
    iTS AN OK WAR FILM

    great cast!!!
  • January 29, 2009
    Compering ths to a Shindler's List, Shindler's List is a romance story. This shows a real life in the Auschwitz, life of the prisoners who were willing to help Germans with extermination for few more months of life and better treatment. Must see!!!

Critic Reviews


October 25, 2002
Moira MacDonald, Seattle Times

Easier to respect than to love. full review

October 25, 2002
Liam Lacey, Globe and Mail

The film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama: What would you have done to survive? The problem with the film is whether these ambitions, laudable in themselves, justify a theatrical simulation... full review

October 25, 2002
Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times

I have seen a lot of films about the Holocaust, but I have never seen one so immediate, unblinking and painful in its materials. full review

October 25, 2002
Ty Burr, Boston Globe

The Grey Zone should be seen: It's a worthy ordeal, with flaws that, ironically, make grist for later arguments. full review

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  • samjohnstone
    March 27, 2007
    borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring
    I am so sic of bleeding heart movies about the work camps.

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