Movie
Amen.
Overview
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
Details
- Release date
- 2002-02-27
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Genres
- Drama, History
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Katharina, Renn Productions, KC Medien, TF1 Films Production
- Country
- France, Germany
- Original language
- FR
Cast
- Ulrich Tukur as Kurt Gerstein
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Riccardo Fontana
- Ulrich Mühe as The Doctor
- Michel Duchaussoy as Thr Cardinal
- Marcel Iureș as The Pope
- Ion Caramitru as Count Fontana
- Friedrich von Thun as Gerstein's Father
- Antje Schmidt as Mrs. Gerstein
- Günther Maria Halmer as Pastor Dibelius
- Hanns Zischler as Grawitz
- Sebastian Koch as Höss
- Monica Bleibtreu as Mrs. Hinze
Crew
- Costa-Gavras - Director
- Costa-Gavras - Screenplay
- Jean-Claude Grumberg - Screenplay
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