The Zone of Interest
Movie • 2023 • History
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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.
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Abandonment
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Höss is transferred and leaves the family dog for a short while.
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Rudolf Höss is transferred to a new job in a new location, while his family remains in their home in Auschwitz.
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Hedwig's visiting mother leaves without telling her daughter, though she does leave a note.
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Characters gossip about a women being physically abused by her husband.
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The parents are Nazis, the father responsible for the slaughter of thousands of humans just on the other side of the wall of the house of their coddled children. The children themselves don't appear to be physically abused though.
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Does the abused become the abuser?
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Does someone abuse alcohol?
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Is there a dead animal?
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Is an animal sad?
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Right after the big red screen there's a shot of a man showing a heron to his kids. It's flapping in his hands so wants to get away but doesn't look in distress and isn't hurt.
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It isn’t clear except from her dress, but a woman from the camp is having sex with Hess— and likely doing so to survive/under duress.
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Is there excessive gore?
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Only audio gore.
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Is someone tortured?
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As many things in this film, you can only hear in the background (constantly) the horrors of the concentration camps.
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Are any teeth damaged?
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We see teeth which have been taken from prisoners but nobody's teeth are damaged on-screen.
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Is someone burned alive?
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People are (offscreen) gassed and then disposed of via a crematorium, but no reference is made to people being burned while still alive.
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Does a kid die?
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Though it is heavily implied, especially with the museum scenes at the end.
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Death
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Does someone die?
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It depicts Auschwitz. Literally thousands of humans are being murdered on the other side of the walls that surround the house.
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Does someone cheat?
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Hoess rapes a prisoner at the camp
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Fear
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Sudden cut to a completely red screen that is very jarring, but no traditional jumpscares.
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Is there a shower scene?
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Bathtub scenes.
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Are there natural bodies of water?
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A river that the Hoess children play in
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Gross
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around 1 hour 33 minutes, main character dry heaves/spits a few times as he's going down some stairs. it's not close up at all and the audio is not too graphic. watch out for it after he gets off the phone. don't leave the theater if you don't have to since it's right before one of the most important scenes like others have said!!
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Is there audio gore?
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There is screaming and gunshots throughout the film in the background, all coming from within the death camp - it's a deliberate choice meant to disturb the viewer, and there's no question what's happening off-screen
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Is there a hospital scene?
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Höss is examined by a doctor in one scene.
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Mental Health
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Does someone attempt suicide?
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Is there misophonia?
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The soundscapes are very intense and purposefully unsettling.
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Does someone say "I'll kill myself"?
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Does a baby cry?
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The youngest Höss child cries a lot.
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Is there screaming?
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There’s screaming in the background throughout the film
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Paranoia
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Are there babies or unborn children?
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Höss's youngest daughter is a wee baby.
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Does an LGBT person die?
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Not onscreen, but LGBT people were sent to these camps.
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Is there hate speech?
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Takes place in Auschwitz’s during the Holocaust, Jews are spoken about in dehumanizing ways.
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Is a minority is misrepresented?
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Lots of antisemitism. References to Jews being greedy, evil, etc.
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This film depicts Auschwitz and the murder of thousands of Jews, and the privileges enjoyed by the people responsible for their murder, in addition to their wilful "blindness" - however the film makes clear, they are neither blind, nor deaf. They are simply indifferent and committed to their "duty" towards the Third Reich, and willingly undertake, tolerate or approve of the murder of these people.
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Are there incestuous relationships?
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Is someone sexually objectified?
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A woman has sex (offscreen) with the commandant, and her treatment in the scene is very objectified. It is likely that she represents a real person, Eleonore Hodys, who was a prisoner under his command that he sexually exploited.
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Violence
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Does someone drown?
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A N**i is told to drown a man in the river. The man's cries are cut off so it presumably happens off-camera.
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Is there gun violence?
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Frequent gun shots going off in the background
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