Fresh
Costa-Gavras deserves credit for staying the course; in a time when most European film directors are wringing their hands, he's still pointing fingers.
Terry Lawson, Detroit Free Press
Amen.
Two Men, Two Worlds, One Cause.
2002 · 2h 12m · Not Rated
Drama, History
Directed by
Costa-Gavras
,
Burkhard Heyl
Overview
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.
Director and cast
- Costa-Gavras Director
- Burkhard Heyl Director
- Ulrich Tukur as Kurt Gerstein
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Riccardo Fontana
- Ulrich Mühe as SS-Arzt
- Michel Duchaussoy as Kardinal
- Marcel Iureș as Papst Pius XII.
- Ion Caramitru as Graf Fontana
- Friedrich von Thun as Gersteins Vater
- Antje Schmidt as Gersteins Frau
- Günther Maria Halmer as Pastor Dibelius
- Hanns Zischler as Grawitz
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
67%
Tomatometer
Fresh
Tukur's performance is the centerpiece of the movie; it's a wonderful mixture of outrage and swiftly disappearing naivete.
Desson Thomson, Washington Post
Rotten
Costa-Gavras' political thrillers used to jab and thrust with lethal efficiency. This one just pounds against a heavy bag, huffing and puffing all the way.
Gene Seymour, Newsday
Fresh
In a remarkably subtle turn, the German Tukur is convincing as [Gerstein].
Jane Sumner, Dallas Morning News
Rotten
What should have been agonizing in its impact comes off as wooden, perhaps because Costa-Gavras works in schematic fashion, spoon-feeding us issues while skimming the historical surface.
Robert Denerstein, Denver Rocky Mountain News
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