Amen. (2002)

Calificación de los usuarios:

7.4/10   

Director:

Costa-Gavras

Escritores:

Costa-Gavras (writer)
Jean-Claude Grumberg (writer)

Fecha de Lanzamiento:

27 febrero 2002 (France)

Género:

Drama | Guerra

Plot:

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.

Plot Keywords:

SS | Priest | Jesuit | Pope | Concentration Camp

Premios:

2 wins & 8 nominations

Comentarios de los usuarios:

A must watch film

Reparto

Ulrich Tukur	...	Kurt Gerstein
Mathieu Kassovitz	...	Riccardo Fontana
Ulrich Mühe	...	Doctor
Michel Duchaussoy	...	Cardinal
Ion Caramitru	...	Count Fontana
Marcel Iures	...	Pope
Friedrich von Thun	...	Gerstein's Father
Antje Schmidt	...	Mrs. Gerstein
Hanns Zischler	...	Grawitz
Sebastian Koch	...	Höss
Erich Hallhuber	...	Von Rutta
Burkhard Heyl	...	Director
Angus MacInnes	...	Tittman
Bernd Fischerauer	...	Bishop von Galen
Pierre Franckh	...	Pastor Wehr

También conocida como:

Amen (France)
Der Stellvertreter (Alemania)
Eyewitness
Le vicaire (France) (working title)
Amén (Mexico) [es]
Amén. (Spain) [es]
Amen. (Argentina) [es]

Duración:

132 min

País:

France | Alemania | Romania

Idioma:

Inglés | Francés | Italiano | Alemán

Color:

Color

Relación de Aspecto:

1.85 : 1

Sonido:

DTS | Dolby Digital

Clasificación:

Finland:K-13 | Argentina:13 | Chile:14 | Germany:12 | Netherlands:12 | Peru:14 | Singapore:NC-16 (re-rating) | Spain:13 | UK:PG | USA:Unrated

Locaciones de Filmación:

Bucharest, Romania

Compañía:

Canal+

Trivialidades:

The Vatican did not give a permission to shoot the film in their buildings. After searching a scenery of adequate size for the scenes taking place in the Vatican, Costa-Gavras finally chose Europe's largest building, the House of the People (Casa Poporului) in Bucharest. Some of the outdoor scenes were shot in Mogosoaia Palace, some fourteen kilometers northwest of Bucharest.

Errores:

Errores Reales: In one of the scenes they say that the Treblinka camp is out of gas, referring to Zyklon B. Treblinka didn't use Zyklon B, instead they used carbon monoxide.

Citas:

Karl: In these heroic times, have you acquired some title or some kind of rank?
Kurt Gerstein: Lieutenant of the Waffen-SS.
Karl: Go to the SS Transportation Department. Thanks for your visit.

A must watch film

This is a must watch film. It's a complex and controversial story, well written, well acted, and the direction is superb.

The one dimensional nature of the main characters works very well - we see but a snapshot of the complexity of human nature and this begs you to ask the question of what would you do if you found yourself placed in such circumstances.

This is perhaps a trademark of Costa-Gavras's work (Mad City, Missing and Z in particular)

It is not just a cold view of the history of the time nor is it seeking to provide an answer to the big question - just shed light on the circumstances and on human nature.