Rent Auschwitz (2011)
2.1 of 5 from 60 ratings
1h 11min
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- Synopsis:
- Echoing the sentiments of Schindler's Li Auschwitz is a hard-hitting but respectful war film which shows life as it really was at the death camp. Including documentary footage, controversial German director Uwe Boll says "50% of the German population doesn't know anything about the Holocaust. When I realized that there were many people who deny the Holocaust, or who had a distorted point of view about it, I decided to make this movie and get straight to the point, without any metaphors."
- Actors:
- Maximilian Gärtner, Friedhelm Gärtner, Uwe Boll, Avner Aizendorf, Arved Birnbaum, Nik Goldman, Harold Levy, Alexis Wawerka
- Directors:
- Uwe Boll
- Producers:
- Uwe Boll, Dan Clarke
- Writers:
- Uwe Boll
- Studio:
- High Fliers
- Genres:
- Drama
- Countries:
- Germany
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Reviews (2) of Auschwitz
Interesting style - Auschwitz review by CP Customer
This is a short film, with documentary type interviews with German school kids before and after.
For people who are well versed with the atrocities of Auschwitz and the holocaust, this film will not add to your knowledge.
What I liked about the film is the message it is trying to put out. It highlight's the lack of knowledge a lot of people have of the horrific events and shows that it needs to be taught better and more prevalently in schools.
The basic premise is, if people do no know, if people don't understand, if people are not taught then how can we ensure nothing like it ever happens again.
It is made to shock people with it's straight forward style. The film shows in decent detail events before and after the gas chambers.
This film is an ideal tool to use as part of a teaching plan.
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Worthy, Educational, Short German Drama Documentary Film Shot in Croatia - Auschwitz review by PV
OK so this is a pet project by the 'cult' director Uwe Boll who also acts in it as an SS guard.
It's dramatised scenes of a death camp (rather than concentration camp) whose name and location is not revealed, including explicit and violent scenes of killing and gassing
This is bookended by to-camera speeches in German and English by Boll, and some rather depressing interviews with staggeringly ignorant German teenagers - though British kids would be no better. Just ONE of them knows his stuff. The rest cannot even name the years WWII took place or say how many Jews were murdered in the Holocaust. But then, I remember a poll which showed 30% British teenagers thought WWII was against Gandalf...
This was made in 2010 and Uwe Boll highlights the increase in antisemitism then - now it is running riot in our cities every weekend with the ProPal HamaSSfan marches which do includes some massive Jewhaters and have poisoned the atmosphere in our country, causing Jews fear and worry, on purpose too.
Admirable and worthy, educational for many no doubt, could be shown in schools. Not entertainment and a vanity project for sure with a low budget. Maybe worth watching alongside Schindler's List and other Holocaust movies (FOG IN AUGUST is recommended).
3 stars.
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