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The Grey Zone

Movie·2001·Drama, War, History·1h 48m·6.6 (177)·Directed by Tim Blake Nelson

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The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

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David ArquetteDavid ArquetteHoffmanVelizar BinevVelizar BinevMollMichael StuhlbargMichael StuhlbargCohenDaniel BenzaliDaniel BenzaliSimon SchlermerAllan CordunerAllan CordunerNyiszliSteve BuscemiSteve Buscemi'Hesch' AbramowicsHarvey KeitelHarvey KeitelSS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric MuhsfeldtNatasha LyonneNatasha LyonneRosa

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