The read
A Balasaur Score of 68 out of 100, drawn from IMDb 7.2/10, Rotten Tomatoes 67%, Metacritic 57/100. Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
Synopsis
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.
Ratings
IMDb7.2/10
Rotten Tomatoes67%
Metacritic57/100
Audiences rate it 15 points higher than critics do.
386 audience votes
Key crew
- Costa-GavrasDirector
- Costa-GavrasScreenplay
- Jean-Claude GrumbergScreenplay
- Armand AmarOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Ulrich TukurKurt Gerstein
- Mathieu KassovitzRiccardo Fontana
- Ulrich MüheThe Doctor
- Michel DuchaussoyThr Cardinal
- Marcel IureșThe Pope
- Ion CaramitruCount Fontana
- Friedrich von ThunGerstein's Father
- Antje SchmidtMrs. Gerstein
- Günther Maria HalmerPastor Dibelius
- Hanns ZischlerGrawitz
- Sebastian KochHöss
- Monica BleibtreuMrs. Hinze
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Themes
nazivatican (holy see)popeconcentration campss (nazi schutzstaffel)holocaust (shoah)doctorconsciencecatholicismeuthanasia