Jonathan Glazer's film takes Martin Amis's novel set beside Auschwitz and strips it down to the domestic life of the camp commandant Rudolf Höss and his family, with the camp heard and never shown.
Film· 2023· Drama
The Zone of Interest
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- The Holocaust
The film follows the domestic life of Rudolf Höss, commandant of Auschwitz, in the house beside the camp wall.