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2002Movie⏱️ 2h 12mNot Rated
BiographyCrimeDramaWar
7.2
IMDB Rating
15,650 votes

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.

Director
Costa-Gavras
Writers
Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Rolf Hochhuth
Stars
Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe
Release Date
February 27, 2002
Language
English, French, Italian, German
Country
France, Germany, Romania
🏆 4
Wins
🎯 9
Nominations
💬 58
Reviews
📋 19.2K
Watchlists
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🎭 Top Cast

Ulrich Tukur
Ulrich Tukur
as Kurt Gerstein
Mathieu Kassovitz
Mathieu Kassovitz
as Riccardo Fontana
Ulrich Mühe
Ulrich Mühe
as Doctor
Michel Duchaussoy
Michel Duchaussoy
as Cardinal
Ion Caramitru
Ion Caramitru
as Count Fontana
Marcel Iures
Marcel Iures
as Pope
Friedrich von Thun
Friedrich von Thun
as Gerstein's Father
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Antje Schmidt
as Mrs. Gerstein
Hanns Zischler
Hanns Zischler
as Grawitz
Sebastian Koch
Sebastian Koch
as Höss

💰 Box Office

$8,419,052
Worldwide Gross
$274,299
Domestic Gross
$16,284
Opening Weekend

🎬 Technical Specs

Aspect Ratio
1.85 : 1
Sound
DTS
Sound
Dolby Digital
Color
Color
Filming Location
Sibiu, Romania
Production
Canal+, K.G. Productions, KC Medien

🏷️ Keywords

sspriestpopejewgerman army

🎯 Categories

Psychological DramaBiographyCrimeDramaWar

⭐ Featured Review

Splendid film dealing with SS lieutenant Kurt Gerstein attempts to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to concentration camps and massacred
by ma-cortes2014-05-27
7/10

"Thoughtful and brooding film with excellent interpretations and horrible events . The picture talks an officer Gestapo named Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur) in charge of Zyklon B , a deadly chemical gas used for killing Jews in the death's showers from concentration camps as Treblinka , Sorbibor , Auschwitz , Majanek , Manthausen ,.... , Gerstein contacts a Jesuit priest (Mathieu Kassovitz) who's related to a Vatican Cardenal (Michael Duchaussoy) and his father results to be Pope's assistant . He denounces and explains Pope Pio XII (Marcel Iures) the situation of the Jews's ge..."

💡 Did You Know?

Stefan Lux was a Jewish Czech journalist, who committed suicide in the general assembly room of the League of Nations during its session on July 3, 1936, to alert the world on the perils of German anti-Semitism. After shouting "C'est le dernier coup" ("This is the final blow") he shot himself with a revolver.

📖 Synopsis

During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to extermination camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana helps him in the difficult mission to inform the world.