The Zone of Interest

Carmel International Competition

Jonathan Glazer’s Audacious Film Is a Bone-Chilling Holocaust Drama Like No Other

The Hollywood Reporter
  • Archive - Festival 39
  • Director: Jonathan Glazer
  • USA, Uk, Poland 2023
  • 106 minutes
  • German
  • Subtitles in Hebrew, English

The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp. The film puts the focus on Höss and his family, letting the banality of their lives play out as the horrors of Auschwitz unfold in the background.

Jonathan Glazer was awarded the Grand Prix at this year’s Cannes Film Festival for The Zone of Interest, adapted from a 2014 novel of the same title by Martin Amis. Shot on location, the film weds banal and overt acts of evil with unforgettable reminders of resistance

Filmography: First Light (2020), Under the Skin (2013), Birth (2004), Sexy Beast (2000).

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  • Director Jonathan Glazer
  • Production James Wilson, Ewa Puszcyńska
  • Script Jonathan Glazer
  • Cinematography Lukasz Żal
  • Editing Paul Watts
  • Music Mica Levi
  • Festivals Cannes (Grand Prize, Fipresci Prize), Toronto
  • Actors Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Ralph Herforth
  • Source Lev Cinema