The Zone of Interest is loosely based on a novel of the same name by Martin Amis. The film follows a Nazi officer and his wife as they set up their life in a home located next to a concentration camp.
The film was shot in 2021 in Auschwitz, the location of one of the most infamous concentration camps from the Holocaust, locations that facilitated the genocide of Jewish peoples and other marginalized groups. The film was directed by Jonathan Glazer, an English filmmaker known for his experimental and often disturbing work. His 2013 film Under the Skin, showed the disturbing exploits of an extraterrestrial disguised as a human woman and starred Scarlett Johansson.
The Zone Of Interest is a 2023 German-language period war drama film written and directed by Jonathan Glazer, loosely based on the 2014 novel of the same name by Martin Amis. It stars Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel in the lead roles. A co-production between the United States, the United Kingdom, and Poland, the film centers on Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his wife as they strive to build a dream life next to the camp.
Principal photography began in Auschwitz in the summer of 2021, and continued in Jelenia Góra in January 2022. The entire film was shot in Poland and Germany.
The Zone of Interest was selected to compete for the Palme d’Or at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, where it had its world premiere on May 19, 2023, and received a six-minute standing ovation. A North American premiere is planned for September 2023, where the film will be shown at the 2023 Toronto International Film Festival. It will also screen at the 2023 New York Film Festival. It was released in the United States on December 8, 2023, and on February 9, 2024, in Polish theaters.
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Directed by: Jonathan Glazer
Starring: Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Medusa Knopf, Daniel Holzberg, Sascha Maaz, Max Beck, Wolfgang Lampl, Johann Karthaus, Ralph Herforth, Freya Kreutzkam, Lilli Falk, Nele Ahrensmeier
Screenplay by: Jonathan Glazer
Production Design by: Chris Oddy
Cinematography by: Łukasz Żal
Film Editing by: Paul Watts
Costume Design by: Malgorzata Karpiuk
Set Decoration by: Joanna Kus, Katarzyna Sikora
Art Direction by: Joanna Kus, Katarzyna Sikora
Music by: Mica Levi
MPAA Rating: PG-13 for thematic material, some suggestive material and smoking.
Distributed by: A24 Films (United States), Gutek Film (Poland)[2]
Release Date: May 19, 2023 (Cannes), December 8, 2023 (United States)
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