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Amen. is a 2002 historical war drama film directed and co-written by Costa-Gavras. Based on the play The Deputy by Rolf Hochhuth, the film examines the political and diplomatic relationship between the Vatican and Nazi Germany during World War II. It stars Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Sebastian Koch, Ulrich Mühe, Ion Caramitru, and Marcel ...
Jan 24, 2003 · Nazi officer Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a chemist by training, is assigned to develop a disinfectant to purify water for the German army, but soon discovers that his invention, Zyklon B, is...
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- Ulrich Tukur
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- Renn Productions
Amen. Summaries. 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.
Jun 12, 2002 · Overview. Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers. Costa-Gavras. Director, Screenplay. Jean-Claude Grumberg. Screenplay.
Plot: What's the story about? Newly commissioned SS Lieutenant and respected civilian chemist, Kurt Gerstein, discovers that the Zyklon B pellets he has developed to disinfect soldiers' drinking water are being used to gas interred Jews by the thousands.
Film Review. Amen continues Costa-Gavras' cycle of provocative political dramas which began in 1969 with his Oscar-winning film Z and which continues to arouse controversy, praise and anger.
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Jan 24, 2003 · The hero of Mr. Costa-Gavras's new movie, ''Amen,'' which opens today in New York City and on Long Island, faces an extreme version of this dilemma, since he dwells at the very epicenter of...
