Overview
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.
Cast
- Ulrich Tukur as Kurt Gerstein
- Mathieu Kassovitz as Riccardo Fontana
- Ulrich Mühe as The Doctor
- Michel Duchaussoy as Thr Cardinal
- Marcel Iureș as The Pope
- Ion Caramitru as Count Fontana
- Friedrich von Thun as Gerstein's Father
- Antje Schmidt as Mrs. Gerstein
- Günther Maria Halmer as Pastor Dibelius
- Hanns Zischler as Grawitz