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The Grey Zone

2001 · 108 min

A harrowing, unflinching plunge into moral nightmare, suffocatingly bleak and devastating, with almost no relief.

Tagline
The story you've never seen.
Overview
The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.
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How it feels

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Tone
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
slow-burn, 1 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
demanding, 4 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • morality
  • death
  • survival
  • guilt
  • betrayal
Places
  • prison
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
  • ensemble
Content intensity
  • Gore strong
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror7
Humour0
Realism9
Romance0
Tension8
Darkness10
Complexity6
Emotional weight10

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Where to watch in the UK

Free
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Details

Genres
drama, war, history
Directed by
Tim Blake Nelson
Written by
Tim Blake Nelson
Starring
David Arquette, Velizar Binev, Michael Stuhlbarg, Daniel Benzali, Allan Corduner, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Natasha Lyonne
Cinematography
Russell Lee Fine
Runtime
108 min
Country
United States of America
Languages
English, Spanish

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