In 1946 Rudolf Hoss was awaiting trial in a Polish prison but he had yet to confess. The authorities sent a young Polish lawyer to interview him and find out as much of the truth as he could.
Hoss was the longest serving commandant of Auschwitz and as such sent so many people to their deaths that it is almost impossible to have anything but contempt for him.
Now this is a bleak film with undertones quite literally running through the sound track that add a sense of looming doom to the film. The actors are all very good despite the sets being minimalistic and the subject matter so dark.
As you would expect this is as far from a 'feel good' film as you could imagine, but the one thing that struck me was the way you start to nearly feel sorry for Hoss as if he were a victim too. That said I did say 'nearly' and that has to be some sort of achievement for a film with such narrow horizons as this – hence my rating.
Hoss was the longest serving commandant of Auschwitz and as such sent so many people to their deaths that it is almost impossible to have anything but contempt for him.
Now this is a bleak film with undertones quite literally running through the sound track that add a sense of looming doom to the film. The actors are all very good despite the sets being minimalistic and the subject matter so dark.
As you would expect this is as far from a 'feel good' film as you could imagine, but the one thing that struck me was the way you start to nearly feel sorry for Hoss as if he were a victim too. That said I did say 'nearly' and that has to be some sort of achievement for a film with such narrow horizons as this – hence my rating.
