The Grey Zone
2001 · 108 min · Director: Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Blake Nelson
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. Together, the Sonderkommandos struggled to organize the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. As the rebellion is about to commence, a group from the unit discovers a 14-year-old girl who has miraculously survived a gassing. A catalyst for their desperate attempt at personal redemption, the men become obsessed with saving this one child, even if doing so endangers the uprising which could save thousands. To what terrible lengths are we willing to go to save our own lives, and what in turn would we sacrifice to save the lives of others?
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The Grey Zone (2001) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Disturbing 35%, Empathy 25%, Sadness 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Disturbing35%
- Empathy25%
- Sadness20%
- Anxiety15%
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The strongest emotional signals are Disturbing, Empathy, Sadness. Genres: Drama, History, War. AI estimate.
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Details
- Directed by
- Tim Blake Nelson, Tim Blake Nelson
- Written by
- Tim Blake Nelson, Miklos Nyiszli, Tim Blake Nelson
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2001
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Country
- United States
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Disturbing
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