The Grey Zone
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The Grey Zone

The story you've never seen.

6.6 / 10 2001 1h 48mNR English
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Storyline

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.

Cast & Crew

David Arquette

David Arquette

Hoffman

Lead
Velizar Binev

Velizar Binev

Moll

Michael Stuhlbarg

Michael Stuhlbarg

Cohen

Daniel Benzali

Daniel Benzali

Simon Schlermer

Allan Corduner

Allan Corduner

Nyiszli

Steve Buscemi

Steve Buscemi

'Hesch' Abramowics

Harvey Keitel

Harvey Keitel

SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt

Natasha Lyonne

Natasha Lyonne

Rosa

What People Are Saying

4.0
A staggering achievement of craft and ambition. Tim Blake Nelson's vision lands with breathtaking precision.
Manohla Dargis, The New York Times
3.0
Every frame feels alive. The Grey Zone is the rare release that takes its audience seriously.
Anthony Lane, The New Yorker