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The Grey Zone is a 2001 American war drama film directed by Tim Blake Nelson, who also wrote the screenplay and edited the movie. The cast includes David Arquette, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, and Mira Sorvino. Produced by Killer Films, along with The Goatsingers, Millennium Media, and Martien Holdings A.V.V., the film was shot in Bulgaria. It is set at the Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp and focuses on the Holocaust.
The movie has a runtime of 108 minutes and was originally released in English. It was distributed by Starz Entertainment and Netflix via video on demand. Critical reception includes a 69% score, a 7/10 rating, and a 58/100 Metascore. The film holds an IMDb rating of 7.0 based on 11,589 votes and an R rating. It grossed $621,592 against a budget of $5,000,000. The production received one win and three nominations for awards.
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6.6The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.
Cast
- David Arquette as Hoffman
- Velizar Binev as Moll
- Michael Stuhlbarg as Cohen
- Daniel Benzali as Simon Schlermer
- Allan Corduner as Nyiszli
- Steve Buscemi as 'Hesch' Abramowics
Themes
- nazi
- holocaust (shoah)
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- uprising
- doctor
- historical drama
- nsdap (nazi party)
- war drama
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Ratings
IMDb
7/10
11,589 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
70%
Metacritic
58/100
- Year
- 2001
- Runtime
- 108 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, War
- Rated
- R
- Awards
- 1 win & 3 nominations
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Genre
- drama film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Director
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Screenwriter
- Tim Blake Nelson
- Composer
- Jeff Danna
- Producer
- Christine Vachon
- Production company
- Killer Films
- Narrative location
- Auschwitz II-Birkenau concentration camp
- Filming location
- Bulgaria
- Duration
- 108
- FilmAffinity ID
- 321486
- Distribution format
- video on demand
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- publication date
- 2002-10-18
- title
- The Grey Zone
- film editor
- Tim Blake Nelson
- distributed by
- Netflix
- review score
- 58/100
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