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7.2/10   425 votes
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Frank Cottrell Boyce (written by)
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Release Date:
3 September 2008 (UK) more
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Plot:
In the Jewish tradition of arguing with God, Jewish prisoners in Auschwitz decide to put God on Trial. | add synopsis
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3 nominations more
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Worthwhile but wordy more (10 total)

Cast

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Josef Altin ... Isaac
Ashley Artus ... Ricard

Dominic Cooper ... Moche
Lorcan Cranitch ... Blockaltester
David de Keyser ... Hugo
Stephen Dillane ... Schmidt
Rupert Graves ... Mordechai
François Guétary ... Jacques
Agnieszka Liggett ... Tour Guide
Louise Mardenborough ... Emily

Eddie Marsan ... Lieble
Iain McGregor ... German Guard
Joseph Muir ... Kapo
André Oumansky ... Jacob

Blake Ritson ... Idek
Jack Shepherd ... Kuhn
Antony Sher ... Akiba

Stellan Skarsgård ... Baumgarten
René Zagger ... Ezra
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Runtime:
90 min
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Hat Trick has employed a rabbi to consult on the script. more
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Tour Guide: Unfortunately our admission is not inclusive in your tour price, so sorry you must pay. But, um, the good news it's only 10 zlotas, so not so very bad.
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15 out of 21 people found the following review useful.
Worthwhile but wordy, 4 September 2008
7/10
Author: tonyjackie from United Kingdom

I watched his TV drama with interest and felt as though I understood a little bit more about Jews and their beliefs.Based on a true story,it tells of imprisoned Jews in Auschwitz awaiting death and deciding to have a trial to decide if God is guilty for their living hell.It is pretty compelling and also a history lesson as various men argue their case for or against God.I did struggle at times to follow the stories the men told as they related moments from Jewish history but there can be no doubt that there was a lot of research done.

There is an impressive cast including Jack Shepherd,Stellan Skarsgard and Stephen Dillane.All of the cast act their roles very well and special mention must go to Eddie Marsen as Lieble who tells the heartbreaking story of his three boys being taken from him by Nazis and giving him the impossible choice of saving one of them.Very impressive also is Antony Sher as Akiba.He says nothing for well over an hour but it is well worth the wait when he decides to speak.What he has to say comes as a shock and pretty much decides the outcome of the trial.

This is a well made drama.Perhaps there is a too much to take in and it is a bit too long.But it does show the agonies of men nearing certain death,desperate to make some sense of the horror they have lived through.

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