The Grey Zone (2001)
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.
Director: Tim Blake Nelson
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David Arquette as Hoffman |
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Velizar Binev as Moll |
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Michael Stuhlbarg as Cohen |
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Daniel Benzali as Simon Schlermer |
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Allan Corduner as Nyiszli |
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Steve Buscemi as 'Hesch' Abramowics |
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Harvey Keitel as SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric Muhsfeldt |
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Natasha Lyonne as Rosa |
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Mira Sorvino as Dina |
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Brían F. O'Byrne as Interrogator |
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Valentin Ganev as Torturer |
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Velimir Velev as KS Man |
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David Chandler as Rosenthal |
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George Zlatarev as Lowy |
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Henry Stram as Mengele |
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Lisa Benavides as Anja |
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Shirly Brener as Inmate |
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Lee Wilkof as Man with watch |
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Jessica Hecht as Man's wife |
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Hristo Shopov as Halivni |
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Donka Avramova as Young Woman |
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Harry Anichkin as Kaminski |
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Dimitar Ivanov as Old Man |
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Kamelia Grigorova as Girl |
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Dafina Katzarraska as Woman Inmate |
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Rumena Trifonova as Woman Inmate |
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Simeon Vladov as Guard |
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Mariana Stansheva as Girl's Mother |
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Oncho Alexanyan as Rivkin |
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Georgi Kalchev as SS Officer |
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Lee Wilkof as Man With Watch |
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Jessica Hecht as Man's Wife |
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Steve Ubels as Hauptman |
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Victor Kalev as Kahn |
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Mark Wing-Davey as Schott |
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Ioana Christova as Woman Inmate |
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Dobrin Dosev as SS Officer |
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Portia Reiners as Young Girl(voice) |
| Directing | Tim Blake Nelson | Director |
| Writing | Tim Blake Nelson | Writer |
| Writing | Miklos Nyiszli | Novel |
| Editing | Tim Blake Nelson | Editor |
| Camera | Russell Lee Fine | Director of Photography |
| Production | Danny Lerner | Producer |
| Production | Avi Lerner | Producer |
| Editing | Michelle Botticelli | Editor |
| Production | Christine Vachon | Producer |
| Production | Tim Blake Nelson | Producer |
| Production | Pamela Koffler | Producer |
| Production | Harvey Keitel | Executive Producer |
| Crew | Stanimir Stamatov | Stunts |
| Sound | Coya Elliott | Assistant Sound Editor |
| Camera | Yaroslav Yachew | Camera Operator |
| Sound | Lora Hirschberg | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Crew | Teodor Tzolov | Stunts |
| Production | Danny Dimbort | Executive Producer |
| Production | Peggy Gormley | Executive Producer |
| Production | Trevor Short | Executive Producer |
| Production | John Wells | Executive Producer |
| Production | Brad Weston | Executive Producer |
| Production | David Varod | Co-Producer |
| Production | Trish Hofmann | Line Producer |
| Production | Will Cantler | Casting |
| Production | Bernard Telsey | Casting |
| Production | David Vaccari | Casting |
| Production | Maria Djurkovic | Production Designer |
| Art | Johnny Breedt | Art Direction |
| Art | Tatiana Macdonald | Art Direction |
| Art | Valentina Mladenova | Set Decoration |
| Art | Dimiter Petkov | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marina Draghici | Costume Designer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ivon Ivanova | First Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Sofi Davidova | Assistant Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Moser | Key Hair Stylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Claudia Moser | Key Makeup Artist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rostica Rado | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Aldo Signoretti | Hairstylist |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irenka Savova | Hair Assistant |
| Costume & Make-Up | Mariana Zaharieva | Hair Assistant |
| Directing | Peter Mechkoff | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Milos Milicevic | Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Kamen Velkovsky | Second Second Assistant Director |
| Directing | Franklin A. Vallette | First Assistant Director |
| Art | Ventsislav Alexandrov | Set Dresser |
| Art | Petko Angelov | Set Dresser |
| Art | Svetla Bojeva | Set Dresser |
| Art | Ivan Dimitrov | Set Dresser |
| Art | Nedka Iskernova | Set Dresser |
| Art | Kamen Ivanov | Set Dresser |
| Art | Kalin Stefanov | Set Dresser |
| Art | Rosen Stefanov | Set Dresser |
| Sound | Phil Benson | Supervising Sound Editor |
| Sound | Sue Fox | ADR Editor |
| Sound | J.R. Grubbs | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Petur Hliddal | Sound Mixer |
| Sound | Jane McCulley | ADR Editor |
| Sound | E. Larry Oatfield | Sound Effects Editor |
| Sound | Gary Rizzo | Sound Re-Recording Mixer |
| Sound | Rich Allison | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Matthew C. Beville | ADR Mixer |
| Sound | Jesse Hammer | ADR Recordist |
| Sound | Matt Hedges | ADR Recordist |
| Crew | Willie Botha | Special Effects Coordinator |
| Crew | Michael Georgiev | Special Effects Technician |
| Crew | Vladislav Lazov | Special Effects Technician |
| Visual Effects | Stuart Murdoch | Special Effects Supervisor |
| Crew | Parvan Parvanov | Stunt Coordinator |
| Crew | Raicho Vasilev | Stunts |
| Crew | Asen Asenov | Stunts |
| Crew | Genadiy Ganchev | Stunts |
| Camera | Lyubomir Dimitrov | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Mihail Kotev | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | John McAleer | First Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Boryana Papazova | Second Assistant Camera |
| Crew | Ethan Coen | Thanks |
| Crew | Joel Coen | Thanks |
| Crew | Terrence Malick | Thanks |
| Crew | Frances McDormand | Thanks |