Film
Amen.
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
Overview
Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.
Cast
- Ulrich TukurKurt Gerstein
- Mathieu KassovitzRiccardo Fontana
- Ulrich MüheThe Doctor
- Michel DuchaussoyThr Cardinal
- Marcel IureșThe Pope
- Ion CaramitruCount Fontana
- Friedrich von ThunGerstein's Father
- Antje SchmidtMrs. Gerstein
