Directed by:
Costa-GavrasCinematography:
Patrick BlossierComposer:
Armand AmarCast:
Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Marcel Iures, Friedrich von Thun, Hanns Zischler, Sebastian Koch (more)VOD (1)
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Amen. examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany. The central character is Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designing programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. Gerstein attempts to notify Pope Pius XII (Marcel Iureş) about the gassings, but is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy. The only person moved is Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young Jesuit priest. (Cohen Media Group)
(more)Cast
Ulrich Tukur
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
North Face (2008)
The White Rose (1982)
Mathieu Kassovitz
France
Best movies:
Amélie (2001)
The Fifth Element (1997)
War and Peace (2016) (series)
Ulrich Mühe
East Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
The Woman and the Stranger (1985)
Das Buschgespenst (1986) (TV movie)
Michel Duchaussoy
France
Best movies:
L'Allée du roi (1996) (series)
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
The Longest Day (1962)
Ion Caramitru
Romania
Best movies:
Citizen X (1995) (TV movie)
Forest of the Hanged (1964)
Mission: Impossible (1996)
Marcel Iures
Romania
Best movies:
Interview with the Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994)
An Unforgettable Summer (1994)
Foyle's War (2002) (series)
Friedrich von Thun
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
Ginger and Fred (1986)
Hanns Zischler
Germany
Best movies:
The French Revolution (1989) (TV movie)
Europa Europa (1990)
The Meetings of Anna (1978)
Sebastian Koch
West Germany
Best movies:
The Lives of Others (2006)
Black Book (2006)
Gloomy Sunday (1999)
Burkhard Heyl
Best movies:
Triumph of the Spirit (1989)
War and Remembrance (1988) (series)
Amen. (2002)
Bernd Fischerauer
Austria
Monica Bleibtreu
German Empire
Best movies:
Run Lola Run (1998)
Four Minutes (2006)
Amen. (2002)
Günther Maria Halmer
German Empire
Best movies:
Gandhi (1982)
Sophie's Choice (1982)
I misteri della giungla nera (1991) (series)
August Zirner
USA
Best movies:
Das Wunder von Wörgl (2018) (TV movie)
Voyager (1991)
Colonia (2015)
Horatiu Malaele
Romania
Best movies:
Amen. (2002)
Maria (2003)
Moromete Family: On the Edge of Time (2018)
Susanne Lothar
West Germany
Best movies:
The Reader (2008)
The White Ribbon (2009)
Agatha Christie: Poirot (1989) (series)
Theodor Danetti
Romania
Best movies:
The Contest (1982)
Train of Life (1998)
Don't Lean Out the Window (1993)
Michael Mendl
German Empire
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Das ewige Lied (1997) (TV movie)
Matthias Koeberlin
West Germany
Best movies:
Head Full of Honey (2014)
Amen. (2002)
Go West - Freiheit um jeden Preis (2011) (TV movie)
Nina Proll
Austria
Best movies:
Come Sweet Death (2000)
Center of My World (2016)
Amen. (2002)