Amen.

Two Men, Two Worlds, One Cause.

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Drama
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Overview

Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.

Keywords

doctor
nazi
concentration camp
ss (nazi schutzstaffel)
holocaust (shoah)
euthanasia
catholicism
vatican
pope
conscience
vatican (holy see)

Details

Status: Released
Release date: February 27, 2002
Original language: French
Spoken languages: German, French, English, Italian
Countries: France, Germany, Romania
Production: Canal+,TF1 Films Production,KC Medien,Katharina,Renn Productions,K.G Productions
Cast: Ulrich Tukur,Mathieu Kassovitz,Ulrich Mühe,Michel Duchaussoy,Marcel Iureș,Ion Caramitru,Friedrich von Thun,Antje Schmidt,Günther Maria Halmer,Hanns Zischlerand 99 more
Director: Costa-Gavras
Writer: Jean-Claude Grumberg,Costa-Gavras,Rolf Hochhuth
Producer: Michèle Ray-Gavras,Andrei Boncea
Cinematography: Patrick Blossier
Music: Armand Amar
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0280653