JIFF: The Auschwitz Report

“Five stars. Intensely powerful… plays like a grim high-stakes thriller with extraordinary acting throughout.” - The Guardian

Two Slovakian Jews risk their lives to bear witness to the horrors of Auschwitz in this powerful WWII drama based on the astonishing true story of the Vrba-Wetzler report. After two harrowing years as scribes in Poland’s most notorious concentration camp, Alfréd Wetzler and Walter Rosenberg make a perilous bid for freedom. The men smuggle out names and ID numbers of the dead, a meticulous record of systematic genocide. They hope that their evidence, the first detailed account of Nazi atrocities, will save lives. But when the report is met with shocked disbelief by the Allies, the fugitives realise that even the truth may not be enough. This impactful story of courage and resistance was Slovakia’s official entry to the Academy Awards for Best International Feature Film. 

Want to know more? For further information on The Auschwitz Report click here, with thanks to The Melbourne Holocaust Museum.

Rating

E

Language

English, Czech, German, Polish, Slovak (Subtitled)

Cast

John Hannah, Noel Czuczor, Kamil Nozynski

Director

Peter Bebjak