Too harrowing to watch the suffering and degradation of humans, no matter how many times this has been depicted in countless holocaust movies. By now you will have thought that we have become immune to it, but I guess the horror of it will never go away, in order to remind us of how low and destructive the human condition can be. What makes The Tattooist of Auschwitz slightly different is that a love story is found through all the misery.
The protagonist, Lale Sokolov, has to live by his wits in order to survive the concentration camp, sometimes to the point where your morals are compromised and any dignity as a human being vanishes. What Lale endures is heart wrenching, but what he finds in this hellish pit-hole is Gita (Anna Próchniak is perfection), a hope that will get him through it all. There are so many obstacles to endure, and every corner there is no future, but bleakness, and somehow Lale and Gita have to fight their way through it.
What the makers of this series have managed to do is really get to tell a compelling true story that has you transfixed to the screen (watched it all in one seating), with the assistance of powerful performances from the cast (where even Harvey Keitel is still at the top of his craft). A powerful series, where unfortunately the low rating ("6" when writing this review, and would not be surprised that some have not seen it), which may be due to the current political climate.
The protagonist, Lale Sokolov, has to live by his wits in order to survive the concentration camp, sometimes to the point where your morals are compromised and any dignity as a human being vanishes. What Lale endures is heart wrenching, but what he finds in this hellish pit-hole is Gita (Anna Próchniak is perfection), a hope that will get him through it all. There are so many obstacles to endure, and every corner there is no future, but bleakness, and somehow Lale and Gita have to fight their way through it.
What the makers of this series have managed to do is really get to tell a compelling true story that has you transfixed to the screen (watched it all in one seating), with the assistance of powerful performances from the cast (where even Harvey Keitel is still at the top of his craft). A powerful series, where unfortunately the low rating ("6" when writing this review, and would not be surprised that some have not seen it), which may be due to the current political climate.