SummaryBased on actual events, this is the story of the Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando -- one of the thirteen consecutive '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. (Lions Gate Films)
Directed By:Tim Blake Nelson
Written By:Miklos Nyiszli, Tim Blake Nelson
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Mixed or Average
58
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Generally Favorable
7.3
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No dramatic feature has ever come quite this close to the matter-of-fact ugliness of the Nazi crimes.
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Extremely difficult but worthy film.
63
It's an intelligent, chilling movie, but one that can't quite shake those stage origins.
60
Led me to second thoughts about whether the feel-good tactics of "Schindler's List" were any worse than the feel-bad tactics on display here.
50
Nelson has directed his actors--including David Arquette, Steve Buscemi and Daniel Benzali (no, this isn't a joke)--to speak in David Mamet-like cadence, all short, choppy sentences and staccato rhythms. It's a terrible mistake.
50
Nelson certainly passes muster for sincerity but, unfortunately, his movie doesn't have the same clear-cut quality.
40
Certainly an honorable film. But honorable is not always watchable.
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Production Company:
- Killer Films
- Martien Holdings A.V.V.
- Millennium Films
- The Goatsingers
Release Date:Oct 18, 2002
Duration:1 h 48 m
Rating:R
Tagline:The Story You Haven't Seen
Awards
Political Film Society, USA
• 2 Nominations
National Board of Review, USA
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
San Sebastián International Film Festival
• 1 Nomination




























