1 real historical location · Poland
Laszlo Nemes' Hungarian film, shot in extreme close-up, follows Saul Auslaender, a Sonderkommando at Auschwitz-Birkenau forced to assist in the genocide he is part of. When he finds a body he believes is his son's, he embarks on a desperate mission to give the boy a proper burial.
CinemaMapped has mapped 1 real historical location where the story takes place, spanning Poland.
A Sonderkommando prisoner attempts to give a proper burial to a child he believes is his son.
The Sonderkommando were Jewish prisoners forced to work in the crematoria under threat of death. In October 1944 they launched the only armed uprising within Auschwitz, destroying Crematorium IV. All participants were...
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