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Synopsis: The true story of Dr. Miklos Nyiszli, a Hungarian Jew chosen by Josef Mengele to be the head pathologist at Auschwitz. Nyiszli was one of Auschwitz's Sonderkommandos - Special Squads of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of helping to exterminate fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life. Together, the Sonderkommandos struggled to organize the only armed revolt that would ever take place at Auschwitz. As the rebellion is about to commence, a group from the unit discovers a 14-year-old girl who has miraculously survived a gassing. A catalyst for their desperate attempt at personal redemption, the men become obsessed with saving this one child, even if doing so endangers the uprising which could save thousands. To what terrible lengths are we willing to go to save our own lives, and what in turn would we sacrifice to save the lives of others?
Genre: Drama, History, War
Director(s): Tim Blake Nelson
Production: Lions Gate Films
  1 win & 3 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.1
Metacritic:
58
Rotten Tomatoes:
69%
R
Year:
2001
108 min
Website
282 Views


Because you're just

as disposable as I am.

- Herr...

- I don't care! Shut up!

I don't care.

We're each of us a part of it.

Once any of you decide

to live this way.

And you especially.

Yes, Herr Oberschaarfuhrer.

Once you make that choice.

About half are in.

Yes?

Max, you'll botch this.

We don't have any choice.

It started with them.

So a bunch of Poles

from Number 3 get to decide.

They get to stall it until it's right

for them, and it's our people.

Who is our people?

On the f***ing trains.

- Because they're Hungarian?

- Yes.

That's because Hungary's the only

country with any Jews left.

But that's your reason?

If we were burning Polish

Jews you wouldn't care?

If we were burning Polish Jews

we wouldn't be waiting.

What's another week

to these guys?

Another ten thousand Hungarians?

They don't care about us.

We're all after

the same thing, Max.

It doesn't seem like it.

Here he is.

Sorry.

It was hell getting over.

How is it over there?

They're locking us all in.

- Who said?

- Lopkowitz.

They're getting ready

to liquidate another section.

Which one?

I'd guess one of the Czechs. Better for

them, anyway. They're all starving.

Give me some vodka.

What's this?

Hungarian wine.

We got it in today.

Any gold?

They haven't come back yet.

Look here.

Check out the diamonds.

Lovely.

- I was gonna get it smelted, but...

- But what?

Smelt it.

Fine.

Looks like we got some god food in.

Smoked oysters, meats, a few cakes.

We should do alright tonight.

We hear you got

more machine guns.

- Who told you?

- Hoffman found out.

- Were you gonna tell us?

- Of course.

Doesn't seem like it.

He just said explosives.

No.

Why do you think I came?

Because Hoffman told you

to come.

No. I told Hoffman.

They were left inside the fence by

the partisans. And twenty grenades.

Who has them now?

We do.

So we don't give any more of ours,

you guys are better off now.

When did we ever need

from you?

So what's this business

about waiting?

- We have to re-coordinate.

- Why?

I don't like the way

you talk with me.

You don't like

the way I talk?

I don't like

the way he talks.

Wait, you don't like the way I talk?

It's difficult to understand?

Why are we re-coordinating?

Again.

- We have more guns.

- We had guns.

You think the partisans aren't

wondering why we've done nothing?

You think the women aren't wondering

with the powder they've got in?

- The machine guns.

- So?

What?

Escape.

Wait. Who? Us?

You think you think

we'll escape?

With guns.

So we kill more of them.

Destroy three of the crematorium.

And get out.

Is that what you're after?

If I get the chance,

f*** yes.

You tell them, if this is

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