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Two Men, Two Worlds, One Cause - Amen.
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Title: Amen.

Release Date: 27 Feb 2002

Runtime: 2h 12m

Genre: Drama, History

Director: K.G. Productions, KC Medien, Katharina, Renn Productions, Canal+, TF1 Films Production

Production Companies: K.G. Productions, KC Medien, Katharina, Renn Productions, Canal+, TF1 Films Production

Overview: Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is horrified by what he sees in the death camps. he is then shocked to learn that the process he used to purify water for his troops by using Zyklon-B, is now used to kill people in gas chambers.

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Average Vote: 7 (339 votes)

Cast

  • Kurt Gerstein: Ulrich Tukur
  • Riccardo Fontana: Mathieu Kassovitz
  • SS-Arzt: Ulrich Mühe
  • Kardinal: Michel Duchaussoy
  • Papst Pius XII.: Marcel Iureș
  • Graf Fontana: Ion Caramitru
  • Gersteins Vater: Friedrich von Thun
  • Gersteins Frau: Antje Schmidt
  • Pastor Dibelius: Günther Maria Halmer
  • Grawitz: Hanns Zischler
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