Antony Sher
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Plot. Jewish prisoners in a barrack at Auschwitz question why God has let this happen to them, His chosen people, and decide to try God in absentia to get at the answer. This becomes an extended debate on why God permits evil.
- 2008
- Nick Green, Tristin Norwell
Nov 9, 2008 · God on Trial: Directed by Andy De Emmony. With Joseph Muir, Josef Altin, Ashley Artus, Alexi Kaye Campbell. Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.
- (3.8K)
- Drama, War
- Andy De Emmony
- 2008-11-09
Summaries. Awaiting their inevitable deaths at one of the worst concentration camps, a group of Jews make a rabbinical court to decide whether God has gone against the Holy Covenant and if He is the one guilty for their suffering.
"God On Trial" is a television film directed by Andy de Emmony. The cast includes; Rupert Graves, Dominic Cooper, Stellan Skarsgård, and Stephen Dillane. During WWII, six million Jews were ...
- (73)
- Antony Sher
- Andy De Emmony
So three men preside as judges: Baumgarten, a professor of criminal law (Stellan Skarsgard); Schmidt, a rabbi (Stephen Dillane); and Kuhn’s son, Mordechai (Rupert Graves), who plays the role of prosecutor. One more thing is missing for a valid rabbinical court: the Torah itself. But where will they find a copy of the Scriptures in Auschwitz?
Sep 3, 2008 · Synopsis by Jason Buchanan. In a universe presumably ruled by a benevolent, all-powerful God, how can events such as the Holocaust possibly come to pass? This is the question posed by a group of inmates in Auschwitz, the Third Reich's most notorious death camp, in this reflective war drama written by Frank Cottrell Boyce (Millions, Code 46 ...
Sep 3, 2008 · Overview. In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial. Andy de Emmony.
