I recently stumbled upon a film called 'The Grey Zone', and its a very good film.
It tells the story of the uprising of the 1th sonderKommando, at Birkenau(auschwitz II).
What amazed me with this film was that even though it had some very famous names in it (Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, David Arquette, Mira Sorvino), it was very accurate.
The sets were astonishing, and it looks like the build a whole Crematorium II and III. I studied the plans of these buildings as part of my degree, and always wondered what they would have looked like. This films brings these buildings back to life in great detail. From the undressing room, gas, chamber, lift to crematorium, to the crematorium and even the sonderkommandos living area in the roof. The sets are exceptional.
Another detail is it mentions Birkenau, rather than just generalising and calling it 'auschwitz', which most other programs seem to do.
A very interesting film, very well done, and very moving. I'd recommend anyone with an interest in Auschwitz Birkenau to watch this film. It was made in 2001 so probably quite cheap to buy now.
GET IT!
Heres a bit from wikipedia about it:
The film was based upon Tim Blake Nelson's own play adapted from Nyiszli's book, althrough some critics have found that the dialogue has a stilted tone. A 90% scale "model" of the Birkenau camp was built near Sofia, Bulgaria for the production of the film using the original architectural plans. Almost everything in this movie is accurate, except for the manner of the ending and that the story of the girl is an amalgamation of two different, similar stories.
Considering the stars in the line up and the nature of the subject it is surprising that the film was not released in the UK on DVD or Video. Released on DVD on March 18, 2003, it is available outside of the UK on Region 1 DVD and also on European Region 2 DVD.
Lewis
It tells the story of the uprising of the 1th sonderKommando, at Birkenau(auschwitz II).
What amazed me with this film was that even though it had some very famous names in it (Harvey Keitel, Steve Buscemi, David Arquette, Mira Sorvino), it was very accurate.
The sets were astonishing, and it looks like the build a whole Crematorium II and III. I studied the plans of these buildings as part of my degree, and always wondered what they would have looked like. This films brings these buildings back to life in great detail. From the undressing room, gas, chamber, lift to crematorium, to the crematorium and even the sonderkommandos living area in the roof. The sets are exceptional.
Another detail is it mentions Birkenau, rather than just generalising and calling it 'auschwitz', which most other programs seem to do.
A very interesting film, very well done, and very moving. I'd recommend anyone with an interest in Auschwitz Birkenau to watch this film. It was made in 2001 so probably quite cheap to buy now.
GET IT!
Heres a bit from wikipedia about it:
The film was based upon Tim Blake Nelson's own play adapted from Nyiszli's book, althrough some critics have found that the dialogue has a stilted tone. A 90% scale "model" of the Birkenau camp was built near Sofia, Bulgaria for the production of the film using the original architectural plans. Almost everything in this movie is accurate, except for the manner of the ending and that the story of the girl is an amalgamation of two different, similar stories.
Considering the stars in the line up and the nature of the subject it is surprising that the film was not released in the UK on DVD or Video. Released on DVD on March 18, 2003, it is available outside of the UK on Region 1 DVD and also on European Region 2 DVD.
Lewis
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