From the acclaimed director of Z and CAPITAL, Costa-Gavras presents a powerful — and riveting account of the implementation of the Final Solution and the culpability — of the Vatican in the extermination of millions in Nazi ... more »Death Camps. The strength
of the fi lm relies in part on the intimacy of the story told: chemist Kurt Gerstein
(Ulrich Tukur) is an SS officer in charge of hygiene. When he learns that methods
he developed to eradicate typhus are being used in gas chambers, he turns to
representatives of the Vatican for help, to fi nd that the only one who will listen to
him is a young and powerless Jesuit priest (Mathieu Kassovitz).
Special Features: Feature length audio commentary with director Costa-Gavras and ilm critic Wade Major; 2014 Re-release trailer; BBC Documentary - Pope Pius XII: The Pope, the Jews and the Nazis« less