The Grey Zone backdrop

The Grey Zone 2001 Directed by Tim Blake Nelson

The story your've never seen.

The 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.

Country USA
Production Country USA
Language English
Spoken Languages English , Spanish
Budget $5,000,000
Revenue $621,592
Release Date 13 September 2001
108 mins
Cast
Daniel Benzali Simon Schlermer
Steve Buscemi 'Hesch' Abramowics
Harvey Keitel SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt
Brían F. O'Byrne Interrogator
Valentin Ganev Torturer
David Chandler Rosenthal
Henry Stram Mengele
Lee Wilkof Man with watch
Jessica Hecht Man's wife
Donka Avramova Young Woman
Harry Anichkin Kaminski
Dafina Katzarraska Woman Inmate
Rumena Trifonova Woman Inmate
Mariana Stansheva Girl's Mother
Georgi Kalchev SS Officer
Lee Wilkof Man With Watch
Jessica Hecht Man's Wife
Steve Ubels Hauptman
Ioana Christova Woman Inmate
Dobrin Dosev SS Officer
Portia Reiners Young Girl(voice)