Historical documentary based on a 2014 novel.
I really wanted to like this, and the many positive reviews gave me high hopes. Zone of interest was an interesting 'arty' concept but poorly executed (sorry).
We follow the everyday lives of German Nazi commander Rudolf Hoss and his family, who live an idyllic middle-class life, while being completely insensitive to the Auschwitz concentration camp, next door behind a 30-foot concrete wall.
Not brutal or violent, no gore, not even a drop of blood. Just smoke from the furnace chimneys and the sound of gunshots and human suffering
Hoss is a very efficient commander, who is responsible for the killing of 3 million Jews, 2.5 million by cremation and 500K by starvation and disease.
This could have been made into a 20minute YouTube documentary and still have had the same impact.
I really wanted to like this, and the many positive reviews gave me high hopes. Zone of interest was an interesting 'arty' concept but poorly executed (sorry).
We follow the everyday lives of German Nazi commander Rudolf Hoss and his family, who live an idyllic middle-class life, while being completely insensitive to the Auschwitz concentration camp, next door behind a 30-foot concrete wall.
Not brutal or violent, no gore, not even a drop of blood. Just smoke from the furnace chimneys and the sound of gunshots and human suffering
Hoss is a very efficient commander, who is responsible for the killing of 3 million Jews, 2.5 million by cremation and 500K by starvation and disease.
This could have been made into a 20minute YouTube documentary and still have had the same impact.