France / Germany / Romania / USA,
2002, 126 min
(Alternative: 132 min)
Directed by:
Costa-GavrasCinematography:
Patrick BlossierComposer:
Armand AmarCast:
Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Marcel Iures, Friedrich von Thun, Hanns Zischler, Sebastian Koch (more)Plots(1)
During WWII SS officer Kurt Gerstein tries to inform Pope Pius XII about Jews being sent to concentration camps. Young Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana gives him a hand. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
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Natasa Raab
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