Directed by:
Andy De EmmonyScreenplay:
Frank Cottrell BoyceCast:
Josef Altin, Dominic Cooper, Lorcan Cranitch, Stephen Dillane, Rupert Graves, Eddie Marsan, André Oumansky, Jack Shepherd, Stellan Skarsgård, Blake Ritson (more)Plots(1)
Who is to blame for the greatest of all crimes? Facing extermination at Auschwitz, a group of prisoners solemnly weighs the case against God.
Following the harrowing ritual of selection for death or hard labor, a group of new inmates unsure of their appointed fates begins asking how God could allow for so much suffering. The men decide to put God on trial for abandoning His chosen people. The trial unfolds, addressing the age-old question: How can there be evil in a universe ruled by an all-powerful, benevolent God?
Some of the prisoners are passionate defenders of their faith, but as the hour approaches when many of them will be chosen to die, they reach a verdict.
(official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Josef Altin
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Dominic Cooper
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Lorcan Cranitch
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Stephen Dillane
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Rupert Graves
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Jack Shepherd
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