The Zone of Interest – OSCAR WINNER
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Cast: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel
OSCAR WINNER FOR BEST INTERNATIONAL FEATURE FILM & BEST SOUND
The year is 1943. Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family: their idyllic home, complete with a thriving garden, is separated only by a wall from the horrors of Auschwitz, where Rudolf, a commandant, oversees the Final Solution. As Rudolf’s stature in the government grows, his family remains blissfully ignorant of the atrocities going on just outside their front door – and the fact that their patriarch is a key player in one of history’s darkest chapters.
Told with masterful restraint by director Jonathan Glazer, aided by powerful performances and an utterly haunting soundscape from his Under The Skin collaborator Mica Levi, The Zone of Interest transforms Martin Amis’s novel into a chilling and unforgettable treatise on complicity.
2023 / 105 mins
Language: German, Polish, English, Yiddish
BBFC Advice: Contains Holocaust theme, disturbing scenes, racism, moderate sex references