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Title Amen / writer/director, Costa-Gavras.

Publication Info. New York, NY : Cohen Media Group, [2014]

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Location Call No. Status
 Bloomfield at the Atrium  DVD AMEN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD AMEN    Check Shelf
 New Britain, Main Library - Audio-Visual Materials  DVD AMEN    Check Shelf
Description 1 videodisc (132 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
digital optical rda
video file DVD video rda
System Details DVD, widescreen.
Language English dialogue; English subtitles.
Note Title from sell sheet.
Cast Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Muhe.
Summary A Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus is now being used for killing Jews in extermination camps. When he attempts to notify the Pope about the gassings he is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy, except for one priest.
Note Bonus features: audio commentary with Costa-Gavras and film critic Wade Major ; 2014 re-release trailer ; BBC documentary: Pope Pius XII: the Pope, the Jews and the Nazis.
Subject Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945) -- Drama.
Pius XII, Pope, 1876-1958.
Catholic Church -- Relations -- Judaism.
World War, 1939-1945 -- Religious aspects -- Catholic Church.
Jews -- Government policy -- Germany -- History -- 20th century.
Genre/Form Feature films.
Thrillers (Motion pictures)
Fiction films.
Added Author Costa-Gavras, 1933- screenwriter, film director.
Kassovitz, Mathieu, 1967- actor.
Mühe, Ulrich, 1953-2007, actor.
Cohen Media Group.
ISBN 1417242639
9781417242634
Standard No. 741952772996
Music No. CMG-DV-7729 Cohen Media Group
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