El material que maneja Blake Nelson quizá es más adecuado para un documental que para ser dramatizado. Sobre todo porque el cineasta no ofrece al espectador el ansiado respiradero, un rayito de esperanza, aunque sea allá a lo lejos. Estos hombres sin alma -la han vendido a escaso precio- no permiten que se establezca la necesaria empatía. Ni siquiera cuando surge la engañosa posibilidad de redención. El film está producido por Harvey Keitel, que se reserva un pequeño papel de odioso nazi.
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?

Director: Tim Blake Nelson
Intérpretes: David Arquette, Daniel Benzali, Steve Buscemi, Harvey Keitel, Mira Sorvino, Natasha Lyonne, Shirly Brener, Hristo Shopov
Argumento: Miklos Nyiszli (Libro "Auschwitz: a Doctor's Eyewitness Account"), Tim Blake Nelson (Obra de teatro "The Grey Zone")
Guión: Tim Blake Nelson
Música: Jeff Danna
Fotografía: Russell Lee Fine
Título Original: The Grey Zone
Año: 2001
País: EE.UU.
Duración: 95 min.
Género: Drama
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