The Zone of Interest
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Directed by Jonathan Glazer
Starring Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam
Jonathan Glazer’s adaptation of Martin Amis’s chilling Holocaust novel.
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss (Christian Friedel), and his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller, Anatomy of a Fall), strive to build a good life for their small family in an idyllic home with a garden not far from the camp. When Rudolf is offered a promotion, his wife refuses to leave the house of their dreams.
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German & Polish with English subtitles
Reviews
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Jonathan Glazer’s extraordinary film offers a horrifying new view of the Holocaust” – Time Out.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “The banal, systematic horror of Auschwitz is dealt with expertly by the English director” – London Evening Standard.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “Through painstaking framing and sound design, its horrors gnaw at the edge of every shot” – The Telegraph.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “A landmark movie, hugely important, that’s unafraid of difficult ideas” – The Times.
★ ★ ★ ★ ★ “a blood-freezing treatise on the banality of evil” – BBC Culture.
Awards
🏆 WINNER of the Grand Prix, the Cannes Soundtrack Award and the FIPERSCI Prize at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival.
🏆 NOMINATED for 9 BAFTA Film Awards.
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