Author: Ulrich Tukur

Format: NTSC

Release Date: 02-11-2009

Details: Kurt Geinstein, an SS officer doctor and engineer, is recruited to implement the final solution, the extermination of the Jewish race. Terrorized by what he then discovers, he decides to do everything in secret to slow down the pace of the appalling operation and warn the world. He finds help from the young Jesuit Riccardo, who for his part tries to warn the Vatican… Faithful to his battle horse, once again castigating the hypocrisy and cowardice of the so-called greats of this world, Constantin Costa-Gavras gives us a moving work, without any concession and of great sobriety. Led by an impeccable cast (Ulrich Tukur and Mathieu Kassovitz are impressively restrained in this drama where events catch up with them and overtake them), Amen is a disturbing denunciation – many religious associations vainly attacked the film and its poster, signed Olivero Toscani, on its theatrical release – of the attitude of the Church during the war in the face of an unprecedented tragedy, skillfully staged and whose thought provoking accompanies us long after the end credits. --David Rault

UPC: 807581501762

EAN: 0807581501762

Languages: English

Binding: DVD

Item Condition: UsedVeryGood