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Two Men, Two Worlds, One Cause.
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.Read moreLess
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.
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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.
Watch trailerCast & crew
Ulrich TukurKurt Gerstein
Mathieu KassovitzRiccardo Fontana
Ulrich MüheThe Doctor
Michel DuchaussoyThr Cardinal
Marcel IureșThe Pope
Ion CaramitruCount Fontana
Friedrich von ThunGerstein's Father
Antje SchmidtMrs. Gerstein
Günther Maria HalmerPastor Dibelius
Hanns ZischlerGrawitz
Sebastian KochHöss
Monica BleibtreuMrs. HinzeExplore the crew
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenplay
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenplay
- Jean-Claude Grumberg
- Producer
- Andrei Boncea
- Producer
- Michèle Ray-Gavras
- Original Music Composer
- Armand Amar
- Director of Photography
- Patrick Blossier
- Editor
- Yannick Kergoat