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The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone

The story you've never seen.

20016.61h 48m

Overview

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

Directed by Tim Blake Nelson
Written by Miklos Nyiszli, Tim Blake Nelson
Produced by Pamela Koffler, Avi Lerner, Danny Lerner
Box OfficeBudget: $5.0MRevenue: $622K

Top Cast

David Arquette

David Arquette

Hoffman

Velizar Binev

Velizar Binev

Moll

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Cohen

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Simon Schlermer

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Nyiszli

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

'Hesch' Abramowics

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Rosa

Mira Sorvino

Mira Sorvino

Dina

Brían F. O'Byrne

Brían F. O'Byrne

Interrogator

Themes & Keywords

naziholocaust (shoah)auschwitz-birkenau concentration campuprisingdoctorhistorical dramansdap (nazi party)war drama

About The Grey Zone

The Grey Zone is a drama, war, history film released in 2001 exploring themes of nazi, holocaust (shoah), auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp, uprising, doctor, historical drama. Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, it stars David Arquette, Velizar Binev, Michael Stuhlbarg. The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

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