Amen.
7/10
Rating
132 min
Runtime
2002
Release Year
Costa-Gavras
Director
Cast
Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Iureș
Quick Synopsis
Kurt Gerstein, who works at the Institute for Hygiene within the Waffen-SS during World War II, becomes horrified when he realizes that the poison gas he helped develop is being used to murder Jewish people. Troubled by this, he decides to expose the truth and seeks help from Riccardo Fontana, a young Jesuit priest. Together, they attempt to raise awareness about the atrocities, but their efforts are ignored by officials in the Vatican.
Detailed Synopsis of Amen.
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
