Amen.
2002 · 132 min · Director: Costa-Gavras
Show plot summary (may contain spoilers)
In World War II, the sanitation engineer and family man Kurt Gerstein is assigned by SS to be the Head of the Institute for Hygiene to purify the water for the German Army in the front. Later, he is invited to participate in termination of plagues in the concentration camps and he develops the lethal gas Zyklon-B. When he witnesses that the SS is killing Jews instead, he decides to denounce the genocide to the Pope to expose to the world and save the Jewish families. The idealist Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana from an influent Italian family gives his best efforts being the liaison of Gerstein and the leaders of the Vatican.
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Amen. (2002) — Movie. Top emotional signals: Sadness 30%, Anger 25%, Empathy 20%. Source: AI estimate. Shares describe emotional signal, not percentages of people. Your experience may differ. How we measure
- Sadness30%
- Anger25%
- Empathy20%
- Guilt15%
- Disturbing10%
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Why it feels this way
The strongest emotional signals are Sadness, Anger, Empathy. Genres: Drama, Crime, Biography. AI estimate.
Is it worth watching?
Consider this title if you are looking for Sadness, Anger and Empathy. Its IMDb rating of 7.2/10 suggests a generally positive audience reception. For these leading emotions, its Feel Score is 72/100.
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Emotional journey
- Disturbing
- Sadness
- Tension
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No dominant emotion
Dominant emotion: Disturbing
Dominant emotion: Sadness
Dominant emotion: Empathy
Dominant emotion: Tension
Dominant emotion: Anger
Dominant emotion
| % | Approximate minute | Dominant emotion | Overall intensity | Disturbing | Sadness | Tension |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.5 % | ≈ 3′ | Disturbing | 63 % | 58 % | 47 % | 48 % |
| 7.5 % | ≈ 10′ | Sadness | 63 % | 59 % | 44 % | 45 % |
| 12.5 % | ≈ 17′ | Disturbing | 65 % | 63 % | 39 % | 48 % |
| 17.5 % | ≈ 23′ | Disturbing | 73 % | 70 % | 43 % | 59 % |
| 22.5 % | ≈ 30′ | Disturbing | 81 % | 76 % | 54 % | 66 % |
| 27.5 % | ≈ 36′ | Empathy | 79 % | 68 % | 57 % | 66 % |
| 32.5 % | ≈ 43′ | Tension | 65 % | 53 % | 45 % | 57 % |
| 37.5 % | ≈ 50′ | Disturbing | 59 % | 48 % | 33 % | 51 % |
| 42.5 % | ≈ 56′ | Tension | 68 % | 56 % | 39 % | 58 % |
| 47.5 % | ≈ 63′ | Disturbing | 80 % | 75 % | 54 % | 64 % |
| 52.5 % | ≈ 69′ | Disturbing | 79 % | 75 % | 57 % | 61 % |
| 57.5 % | ≈ 76′ | Sadness | 69 % | 60 % | 54 % | 53 % |
| 62.5 % | ≈ 83′ | Anger | 64 % | 53 % | 46 % | 50 % |
| 67.5 % | ≈ 89′ | Tension | 64 % | 49 % | 41 % | 59 % |
| 72.5 % | ≈ 96′ | Tension | 69 % | 54 % | 50 % | 66 % |
| 77.5 % | ≈ 102′ | Sadness | 76 % | 65 % | 65 % | 68 % |
| 82.5 % | ≈ 109′ | Sadness | 85 % | 76 % | 77 % | 73 % |
| 87.5 % | ≈ 116′ | Sadness | 88 % | 81 % | 79 % | 71 % |
| 92.5 % | ≈ 122′ | Sadness | 83 % | 75 % | 74 % | 54 % |
| 97.5 % | ≈ 129′ | Sadness | 80 % | 68 % | 73 % | 40 % |
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Rags to riches: The emotional tone rises from negative to positive.
Riches to rags: The emotional tone falls from positive to negative.
Man in a hole: The tone falls, then recovers.
Icarus: The tone rises, then falls.
Cinderella: The tone rises, falls, then rises again.
Oedipus: The tone falls, rises, then falls again.
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Cast
Mrs. Gerstein
Pastor Dibelius
Pastor Wehr
Details
- Directed by
- Costa-Gavras
- Written by
- Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg, Rolf Hochhuth
- Type
- Movies
- Released
- 2002
- Runtime
- 132 min
- Country
- France, Germany, Romania
- Ratings
- Feels mostly
- Sadness
- Data updated
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