The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
The Zone of Interest■
Synopsis
The year is 1943. Rudolf Höss and his wife Hedwig strive to build a dream life for their family: their idyllic home, complete with 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 to 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, who's aided by powerful performances and a 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.
Credits
Rating: 12A
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director: Jonathan Glazer
Stars: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam
