The Grey Zone

"The story you've never seen."

2001 1h 48m EN

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6.6

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★6.6TMDB · 185

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Synopsis

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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.

“The story you've never seen.”

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Cast

David Arquette
Hoffman
Velizar Binev
Moll
Michael Stuhlbarg
Cohen
Daniel Benzali
Simon Schlermer
Allan Corduner
Nyiszli
Steve Buscemi
'Hesch' Abramowics
Harvey Keitel
SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Natasha Lyonne
Rosa

Credits

Behind the camera

Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Writers: Tim Blake Nelson
Languages: English, Spanish
Countries: United States of America

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MONEY

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Earned back only 12% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.

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ERA

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25 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.

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WORLD

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Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.

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DIRECTOR

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Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, shot by Russell Lee Fine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.

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DIRECTOR

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Editor Tim Blake Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.

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CAST

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David Arquette and Velizar Binev and Michael Stuhlbarg carry the top of the cast.

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FACT

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Marketing tagline: "The story you've never seen.".

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WILD

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IMDB entry: tt0252480 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.

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The take

Tim Blake Nelson directs. Russell Lee Fine behind the camera. Tim Blake Nelson cuts. A commercial under-performer on release. Produced in United States of America. Dialogue in English, Spanish.

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1Earned back only 12% of its budget on initial theatrical — a commercial disappointment on release.
225 years old — old enough to be someone's favourite childhood film.
3Dialogue crosses 2 languages: English, Spanish.
4Directed by Tim Blake Nelson, shot by Russell Lee Fine. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
5Editor Tim Blake Nelson shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
6David Arquette and Velizar Binev and Michael Stuhlbarg carry the top of the cast.
7Marketing tagline: "The story you've never seen.".
8IMDB entry: tt0252480 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
9Classified under 8 themes, including "nazi", "holocaust (shoah)", "auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp", "uprising".