Auschwitz (film)

Auschwitz is a 2011 German drama film directed by Uwe Boll.

Auschwitz
UK DVD cover
Directed byUwe Boll
Produced by
Written byUwe Boll
Starring
  • Uwe Boll
  • Steffen Mennekes
  • Arved Birnbaum
Music byJessica de Rooij
CinematographyMathias Neumann
Edited byCharles Ladmiral
Distributed byBoll World Sales
Release date
  • 13 February 2011 (2011-02-13)
Running time
73 minutes
CountryGermany
Language
  • English
  • German

Plot

The film attempts to depict the harsh reality of the process inside the Auschwitz concentration camp by using brutal imagery. Book-ended by documentary footage as well as interviews with German teenagers about what they know about the Holocaust, Boll's intention is to show viewers just how depraved and sadistic life in the camp was.

Cast
  • Steffen Mennekes as SS Guard
  • Arved Birnbaum as SS Camp Commander
  • Nik Goldman as Prisoner
  • Alexis Wawerka as Oven prisoner
  • Maximilian Gärtner as Young Boy
  • Harold Levy as Dentist prisoner
  • Uwe Boll as Nazi officer outside gas chamber

Production

Boll shot the film in 2010 from February to March in Zagreb, Croatia.[1] Auschwitz was filmed on the set of BloodRayne: The Third Reich.[2]

Release

The film premiered on 13 February 2011 in Berlin.[3] A number of critics boycotted the release "for being 'too gruesome'".[4][5]

Boll also filed a lawsuit against the Berlin International Film Festival (the Berlinale) in 2011 as he objected to paying the €125 entry fee, stating "I don't believe the Berlinale handles all films fairly. Kosslick has his deals with the major studios and invites his old pals from the Filmstiftung days. There isn't fair competition".[6][7]

Notes
  1. "Uwe Boll: Auschwitz-Film: Mut ist nicht genug - B.Z. Berlin". Bz-berlin.de. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  2. "Gesehen: Zwei neue Filme von Uwe Boll - "Blubberella" und "Blood Rayne: The Third Reich"". Oliblog.blogg.de. 18 August 2011. Archived from the original on 19 March 2012. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  3. ""Auschwitz": Uwe Boll zeigt Skandalfilm - FILMSTARTS". Filmstarts.de. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  4. Hall, Allan (12 November 2010). "Holocaust film boycotted for being 'too gruesome'". The Daily Telegraph. London. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  5. Kate Connolly in Berlin (12 November 2010). "German director's Holocaust film causes outrage | World news". The Guardian. London. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  6. Roxborough, Scott. "Director Uwe Boll to Sue Berlinale for 'Unfair Competition' (Berlin)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2012.
  7. "Eklat um Auschwitz-Film: Boll-Werk gegen Berlinale - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Kultur". Spiegel.de. Retrieved 16 March 2012.


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