The Auschwitz Report

2021 [SLOVAK]

Action / Drama / History / War

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Rotten Tomatoes Critics - Certified Fresh 100% · 18 reviews
Rotten Tomatoes Audience - Upright 77%
IMDb Rating 6.6/10 10 3460 3.5K

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Christoph Bach as Schwarzhuber
Florian Panzner as Lausmann
John Hannah as Warren
Lars Rudolph as Kaduk
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863.35 MB
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Slovenian 2.0
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24 fps
1 hr 33 min
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1.73 GB
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863.2 MB
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Slovak 2.0
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Reviewed by 7 / 10

A notable film about Auschwitz's camp of concentration, being splendidly played and competently directed.

Impressive movie about the infamous concentration camp with realist setting , top-notch acting and evocative cinematography. This excellent movie deals with the horror of 1944 in Auschwitz , the infamous extermination center, capturing an insightful portrait of hell and the spiritual experience and focusing the fictionalized story of two prisoners attempting to escape, they are Rudolf Vrba and Alfred Wetzler. On 10 April 1944, after meticulous planning, and with the help and resilience of their inmates, they manage to escape. Based on the novel by Wetzler called 'What Dante did not See.' They hide for 3 days and escape once the search for them is over. They'll report their experiences about mass murders, Zyklon B and the astonishing work of the Sonderkommandos by executing the deadly and forced assignments.A terrific and extraordinary movie dealing with the inferno of the camps of death located in Auschwitz. This is the true story of Freddy and Walter--two young Slovak Jews, who were deported to Auschwitz in 1942. While the inmates they had left behind, courageously stand their ground against Nazi officers, the two men are driven on by the hope that their evidence can save lives. Both of whom give a very good acting with their subjective vision, while the remaining prisoners are submitted to the brutality of a ruthless Nazi officer when he finds out about the escape . Emaciated and hurt, they make their way through the mountains back to Slovakia. With the help of chance encounters, they finally manage to cross the border and meet the resistance, and The Red Cross. They compile a detailed report about the systematic genocide at the camp, however, with Nazi propaganda and international liaisons still in place, their account seems to be too harrowing to believe. The movie gets a breathtaking and exciting getaway and it was well realized, developing compellingly the recreation of the escape from the Nazi Death Camp in Auschwitz.A good work which is reminiscent in some aspects of that of the Hungarian László Nemes in his amazing ¨Son of Saúl¨. Indeed, Bebjak's directorial ¨The Auschwitz Report¨, also titled ¨Escape from Auschwitz¨, stands out for its conceptual approach. The story, of extraordinary simplicity but with sudden explosion of grisly violence, is at the service of cinema and not the other way around; in this way, the rules of representation are managed by the director, who has control of his proposal, establishing precise parameters that the viewer must absorb to understand the scope of the film. This terrible picture is well set in Auschwitz , it was a painful extermination camp of killing of Jews including children . We see horrors , murders , massacres against the prisoners but from a particular sight point of two escaped inmates.It is a dark and serious flick co-produced by Slovakia/Czechia/Poland/Germany , a magnificent movie about the brutal existence at concentration camp and subsequent breakout from horrible place . The picture is based on real events , as Auschwitz along with Sobibór , Chelmno , Belzec and Treblinka were five large death camps in the Lublin district of Poland transformed into extermination centers to implement the policy of genocide thought at the Wannsee Conference . All the concentration camps were under the command of SS Odilo Globocnick . There was some minor industrial activity linked to the war effort but the main work was the execution of inmates . Victims were brought to the camp in unventilated transports , and all but a handful were gassed after arrival , the gas chambers could accommodate hundred prisoners at one time , most of their corpses were burned in open pits .It contains a good though unknown cast - exception for the prestigious British actor John Hanna- giving vigorous performances. Shot on location in Slovakia and at the actual Auschwitz death camp, some of the existing structures were utilized in the production, however, the crematorium had to be recreated since the actual crematoria in Auschwitz were destroyed by the Nazis; the ruins still exist today. The picture was well made by Slovak director Peter Bebjak, whose work is more limited to television series and who has made some feature films, here he manages to consolidate constant originality, thanks to his brilliant direction.Along with this ¨Escape from Auschwitz¨ (2021) , I would highlight other films about concentration camps that have left an important film footprint: ¨Escape from Sobibor¨ (1987) by Jack Gold, ¨Triumph of the Spirit¨ (1989) by Robert M. Young, ¨The Grey Zone¨(2001), ¨Son of Saul¨ (2015) by Laszlo Nemes and the best ¨The List Schindler¨ (1993) by Steven Spielberg.
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Reviewed by scrubber 8 / 10

Grim and authentic

The horror of Auschwitz is filmed in a straight forward way which looks authentic. This true story tells of two men who escape to tell the world of the horrors that are occuring in the camp. They hide in an outbuilding under the floor adjacent to piles of dead bodies for a few days until the guards give up searching for them. Only then, after this harrowing experience, do they make their escape. This actually appeared remarkably easy crawling under the outer fence during the darkness of night. They then have to make there way to the Polish border through remote countryside, where they eventually meet some helpful locals. They get a meeting with John Hannah, the only actor I have seen before, who represents the Red Cross. He presents them with a red cross parcel saying I suppose you have seen loads of these, to which they reply, no. Only then does some realisation dawn on Hannah that the negotiatons with the German authorities have resulted in complete lies about the camp. None of the 400,000 parcels the red cross presented have been delivered! Even though at war with Germany the Nazi propaganda machine was still able to deceive. The rumours relating to Auschwitz were so horrific they couldn't possibly be true. A grim story but effective and well worth viewing.

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