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The Accountant of Auschwitz

2018 · 78 min

A sober, quietly harrowing documentary that weighs memory and moral responsibility, asking hard questions without easy answers.

Directed by
Matthew Shoychet
Genres
Documentary, History, Crime
Starring
Oskar Gröning, Bill Glied, Hedy Bohm
Overview
Oskar Gröning, known as the "Accountant of Auschwitz," was charged with the murder of 300,000 Jews. When he took the stand in 2015, at the age of 94, his trial made headlines worldwide.

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Directed by
Matthew Shoychet
Genres
Documentary, History, Crime
Starring
Oskar Gröning, Bill Glied, Hedy Bohm
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    Themes
    • justice
    • guilt
    • memory
    • morality
    • death
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    None
    Era
    contemporary
    Audience
    adult
    Form
    • documentary
    • true story
    Content intensity
    • Gore none
    • Language mild
    • Violence mild
    • Sex none
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    Horror3
    Humour1
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    Romance0
    Tension5
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    Complexity6
    Emotional weight8

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    Genres
    documentary, history, crime
    Directed by
    Matthew Shoychet
    Written by
    Ricki Gurwitz
    Starring
    Oskar Gröning, Bill Glied, Hedy Bohm, Thomas Walther, Kai Feldhaus, Hans-Jürgen Brennecke, Astrid Steinert, Max Eisen
    Cinematography
    Luke McCutcheon
    Runtime
    78 min
    Country
    Canada

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