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Two systems: the Nazi machine versus the Vatican and Allied diplomacy. Two men are struggling from the inside: On one side, Kurt Gerstein, a real-life chemist and SS officer, supplies the death camps with zyklon B while he tirelessly denounces the crimes and alerts the Allies, the Pope, the Germans and their churches of their murderous policy against the European Jews. Kurt does this at his own risk, and at the risk his family's welfare and safety. On the other side, Ricardo Fontana, a young Jesuit, is a fictitious character who represents all the priests, who were determined to struggle against savagery; many of them paying for their courage with their lives. Countless priests, some known, others anonymous, were simply not content to live with the silence of their church's hierarchy vis-Ă -vis the Nazi machine.

Production
Canal+ [fr]; K.G. Productions [fr]; KC Medien [de]; Katharina [fr]; Renn Productions [fr]; TF1 Films Production [fr];

Cast Names
Sergiu Cepleanu; Diana Busuioc; Ulrich Tukur; Mathieu Kassovitz; Ulrich Mühe; Michel Duchaussoy; Ion Caramitru; Marcel Iures; Friedrich von Thun; Antje Schmidt; Hanns Zischler; Sebastian Koch; Erich Hallhuber; Burkhard Heyl; Angus MacInnes; Bernd Fischerauer; Pierre Franckh; Richard Durden; Monica Bleibtreu; Justus von Dohnanyi; Günther Maria Halmer; August Zirner; Horatiu Malaele; Ovidiu Cuncea; Markus Hering; Susanne Lothar; Alexander Geringas; Theodor Danetti; Radu Banzaru; Constantin Alexandrov;

Box Office
USD 274,299

Release Date
2002-06-12 (Human Rights Watch Film Festival)
2003-01-24 (New York City, New York)
2003-01-31 (Los Angeles, California)

Genres
Crime; Drama; War;

Running Time
2 hr. 12 min.

Director
Costa-Gavras

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