Amen. Page #4

Synopsis: In World War II, the sanitation engineer and family man Kurt Gerstein is assigned by SS to be the Head of the Institute for Hygiene to purify the water for the German Army in the front. Later, he is invited to participate in termination of plagues in the concentration camps and he develops the lethal gas Zyklon-B. When he witnesses that the SS is killing Jews instead, he decides to denounce the genocide to the Pope to expose to the world and save the Jewish families. The idealist Jesuit priest Riccardo Fontana from an influent Italian family gives his best efforts being the liaison of Gerstein and the leaders of the Vatican.
Director(s): Costa-Gavras
Production: Kino International
  4 wins & 8 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
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Year:
2002
132 min
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in quite a poor regard.

Since he signed that infamous pact

with that Stalin,

nothing coming from him

will surprise him.

I had warned the Holy Father

that it was a trick.

He attacked too late

and He has found himself blocked

by the Russian winter.

The Holy Father is worried.

Hitler must crush Stalin

and sign peace with the Americans

so that all these horrors,

who break the heart of the Holy Father,

cease.

The Allies will not sign peace with Hitler.

Meanwhile the Jews are killed.

The Holy Father must protest.

"He must"?

The Jews are gassed every day.

We are accustomed

to the moanings of the Jews.

I hold this information

from an S.S. officer.

Count, your son socialises with the S.S.?

Is divine Providence

who sends this S.S. to you?

The American gentleman arrived.

Welcome.

Count...

My son Riccardo,

He arrived from Berlin.

We crossed

this morning, not?

The Pope

did not receive me.

He received Germans.

But I met

many Eminences.

Your Eminence!

Here the answer

that your government awaits.

Perfect, there it goes...

She was a holy woman.

You did not know her,

Mr. Tittman?

The countess Fontana

left us too early.

Do you want something to drink?

We make a good team.

It's a pity that you don't stay,

Prague has a splendid Jewish cemetery.

Dear Luigi...

Monseigneur,

...this has just arrived.

The Pope calls for me.

Duty before pleasure...

When does ambassador Taylor return?

Not before two months.

We will be happy to see him again.

Count,

Berlin is not any more

a pleasant place, but...

it is a good school

to learn

moderation and patience.

We wish that Riccardo

returns there as fast as possible.

Berlin is a punishment

or a promotion?

What does your government

think of the massacres of Jews?

We are trying to verify these rumours

...through the Vatican, actually.

And the Vatican,

having had wind of the same rumours,

asks us to check them.

While you check,

10000 Jews are exterminated each day.

If you want to be believed,

avoid these figures.

Speak of a few hundreds.

I know somebody

who saw the gas chambers at work.

Our host came to lunch.

Forgiveness, father.

You will finally have your answer.

It is not signed.

The adviser of the Pope

gave it to you in person.

It is a signature.

"Our congratulations

to S.S. lieutenant Kurt Gerstein

"for his nomination at the head

of our medical and technical service.

We thank him

for the excellence of his work. "

Signed Heinrich Himmler.

For my part,

I name you

the worst enemy of vermin

whatever it is, wherever it is,

and I join my congratulations

with those of Himmler.

Thank you.

An ambulance awaits your inspection.

It is urgent.

Continue, I return soon.

On the other front...

you were right.

But the doctor and others

are happy with you.

There are leaks!

Close the doors there are leaks!

Masks! Everybody!

It is very toxic!

Do not look at me like a calf!

Put your mask on!

Bury the load!

I do not feel anything.

I was told to remove

the irritating agents.

The escapes are very difficult to detect.

Your mask!

Leave the car!

Bury the loading!

I do not want any more of this product here.

You clear it up!

You know everyone.

- On holiday leave?

- No, on sick leave.

A good small Bordeaux wine.

I said to them

that there is a plan of the S.S.

for the extermination of the Jews.

I saw it functioning.

In the name of the fights of the

Protestant youths,

I met you all together

to discuss the actions...

Good evening, father.

You know everyone,

Armin was wounded in the East.

- Nothing serious I gather?

- I am going away again soon.

So much the better.

I can speak to you?

Why didn't you tell me anything?

You don't think I care?

thanks to my friends in the S.S.

I know it all.

All on all?

All on you!

Congratulations for your promotion!

I would have preferred

to learn it from you.

What do you do with this Reverend

and those troublemakers?

Father...

Your friends in the S.S.

did they tell you about the monstrosities

that they hide from the Germans?

Do not start again.

Our country was raised

thanks to the Hitler chancellor.

And thanks to the people,

less sophisticated than Thomas Mann

or this humanistic Reverend.

They make us accessory to a crime

who will damn Germany forever!

Do not listen to English propaganda.

Where are your knowledge

and Jewish ex-colleagues?

They are isolated from public life.

In times of war,

one draws aside those who call for an

International directed now

Moscow then by New York.

And if I told you

that don't they exist any more?

What does he say exactly?

That thousands of Jews

are deported and gassed.

He was the witness.

The Jews left for America

a long time ago!

These are the Jews of Europe.

Obey your orders!

The S.S. are degenerated,

but he exceeds them.

One sends them to work, of course!

Which employment requires

millions of workers?

Do not work

for the safety of your soul,

but for safety

of our people!

It is what I do, father!

day and night.

Once and for all,

cease these sentimental sillinesses.

You lie. The Germans are unable

of such atrocities.

Helmut, I beg you!

Our fights against the Nazis,

are a thing of the past.

Now you are in the S.S.

and I am in the Luftwaffe

and our children are bombarded.

I am sorry.

And you?

I swore never not to raise my arm,

never not to say Heil.

Up to now, I succeeded.

"Happy he who forgets

what cannot be changed. "

The Bat, Johann Strauss.

Forgive me, Reverend, I have work.

We still have

many Jews to gass!

Mercy, Holy Father,

for the people of Christ.

Mercy for the Jewish people.

I know the sufferings of the world,

Riccardo.

My heart bleeds for the victims.

I pray for them

and for you also, my child.

The world awaits

that the vicar of Christ decides.

You made a show of yourself.

Somebody had to speak to him.

Its Holiness will employ words of fire

against the Nazi's crimes.

at the time of his Christmas speech.

Why didn't you tell me anything?

I say it now to you.

God be praised!

As well as the diplomacy

and perseverance.

Trust me.

The crematory ones are overflowed.

Why you do not have them

checked before hand?

This stock is ventilated and unusable.

It should be buried.

Contrary to the other deliveries,

your gas always poses problem.

The doctor wants non-irritating gas.

All of this is unusable.

It has to be buried.

I cannot stop.

I will use it.

- That will not do!

- Even badly, it does.

He was looting the corpses,

and drooling sliver.

I cannot work any more

without drinking.

What did he say?

Some corpses howl in the furnaces.

Slip by!

Your Zyklon takes 60 minutes to be operated

instead of 10.

That slows down rates.

That irritates us

and makes us nervous.

All the robbers.

Berlin congratulates us for our results

and asks us to increase our efforts,

but a catastrophe gets in the

way of our mission.

Problems of transport?

Our convoys have priority.

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Costa-Gavras

Costa-Gavras (short for Konstantinos Gavras; Κωνσταντίνος Γαβράς; born 12 February 1933) is a Greek-French film director and producer, who lives and works in France. He is known for films with overt political themes, most famously the fast-paced thriller Z (1969), but he has also made comedies. Most of his movies have been made in French; however, six were made in English: Missing (1982), Hanna K. (1983), Betrayed (1988), Music Box (1989), Mad City (1997) and Amen. (2002). He produces most of his films himself, through his production company K.G. Productions. more…

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