| | Amen DVD
| Category | Dramas DVDs, Foreign Films Movies, Thriller Videos, World War II, Religion, French, Nazis, Political, Holocaust | | Starring | Mathieu Kassovitz, Marcel Iures, Ulrich Tukur, Michael Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Ulrich Muhe | | Director | Costa Gavras | | Director of Photography | Patrick Blossier | | Executive Producer | Michele Ray | | Music | Armand Amar | | Producer | Claude Berri | | Screenwriter | Costa Gavras, Jean Claude-Grumberg | | Source Writer | Rolf Hochhuth |
Bio/Filmographies; Soundtrack English; Behind The Scenes Filmmaker Costa-Gavras (Z, MISSING) has a reputation for controversial political cinema, and he does not fail to raise eyebrows with AMEN. Focusing on the Vatican's unwillingness to oppose the Holocaust, and two men who tried to change the system from within, AMEN is adapted from the play THE REPRESENTATIVE by Rolf Hochhuth. It is based on a true story about officer Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Nazi soldier who moved up the SS ranks by devising a chemical method to purify soldiers' drinking water. Gerstein is unaware of the horrors of the concentration camps until he is recruited by "The Doctor" (Ulrich Muhe) to adapt the same chemical for use in the gas chambers. Though Gerstein is overwhelmed by the reality of the impending massacre, he does not turn a blind eye. He informs the Swedes, the German Protestant Church, and even the Vatican. But he is sent away, dismissed, and otherwise silenced by all but the tenacious Father Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a fictitious character based on a number of priests who fought against the Holocaust. Father Riccardo takes life-threatening risks in a fruitless effort to convince the cardinal (Michel Duchaussoy) and the Pope (Marcel Iures) to rise above their fears of Nazi retribution. Theatrical release: January 24, 2003 (NY)
January 31, 2003 (LA) Amen Reviews: "There is an excellent performance from Ulrich Tukur....Handsomely shot..."
-- Geoffrey Macnab, Sight and Sound "...AMEN has such immediacy and briskness that we are caught up in the increasingly risky actions of Gerstein and Fontana....AMEN is a handsome period production of fluidity and subtlety, intimate and large-scale..."
-- Kevin Thomas, Los Angeles Times
This is the only Ion Caramitru video. Amen | List Price | $19.95 (You save $5.20) | | Studio | Kino on Video | | Orig Year | 2003 | | DVD Encoding | Region 1 | | All Time Sales Rank |  25269  | | CD Universe Part number | 6014676 | | Catalog number | 3052 | | Discs | 1 | | Release Date | Aug 12, 2003 | | Rating | Not Rated | | Running Time | 130 Minutes | | Movie Details | Color |
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