Amen.

About 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.

Amen. (2002) is a history film directed by Costa-Gavras. Released in February 2002, it runs 132 minutes.

Ulrich Tukur stars as Kurt Gerstein, Mathieu Kassovitz as Riccardo Fontana, Ulrich Mühe as The Doctor, and Michel Duchaussoy as Thr Cardinal. Written by Costa-Gavras and Jean-Claude Grumberg.

Shelv files it under holocaust (shoah), catholicism, concentration camp, and vatican (holy see). In the United States it streams on Cohen Media Amazon Channel.

Schindler's List, Life Is Beautiful, and Conclave make useful companions to Amen., all filed under nazi. It scores 7.0 out of 10 from 392 TMDB voters and it carries a NR rating.