The Grey Zone

– A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Aus..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
7.10 / 10
Duration:
One Hour and 48 Minutes
Release Year:
2001
The Grey Zone (2001)

A Nazi doctor, along with the Sonderkomando Jews – who are forced to work in the crematoria of Auschwitz against their fellow-Jews – find themselves in a moral grey zone.

The Grey Zone (2001) - Trailer

Release Date:

30 Nov 2001

Language:

English, German

MPAA Content-Rating:
R – Restricted

Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. Contains some adult material. Parents are urged to learn more about the film before taking their young children with them.

Director:

Tim Blake Nelson

Writer:

Miklos Nyiszli (based in part on "Auschwitz: A Doctor's Eyewitness Account"), Tim Blake Nelson (play), Tim Blake Nelson

Main Actors:

David Arquette, Velizar Binev, David Chandler, Michael Stuhlbarg

Plot:

The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. Together, the Sonderkommandos struggled to organize the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. As the rebellion is about to commence, a group from the unit discovers a 14-year-old girl who has miraculously survived a gassing. A catalyst for their desperate attempt at personal redemption, the men become obsessed with saving this one child, even if doing so endangers the uprising which could save thousands. To what terrible lengths are we willing to go to save our own lives, and what in turn would we sacrifice to save the lives of others?

Awards:

1 win & 3 nominations.

Production:

Lions Gate Films

Ratings:
Internet Movie Database:
7.0/10
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
Metacritic:
58%