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* Workaholic: Rudolf works around the clock to keep the concentration camp running. When he's transferred, Hedwig justifies her decision to stay at the camp with the children by pointing out that he'd probably never be home anyway.
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* Workaholic: {{Workaholic}}: Rudolf works around the clock to keep the concentration camp running. When he's transferred, Hedwig justifies her decision to stay at the camp with the children by pointing out that he'd probably never be home anyway.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: If the Hӧss family was ever disturbed by the terror on the other side of the concrete wall, they certainly aren't anymore. Notably, Hedwig's mother visits the house, and while she seems to have no qualms with Nazi ideology, she's horrified enough by the sight of the crematorium in operation that she leaves in the middle of the night.
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* AllForNothing: [[spoiler:The ending symbolizes how -- in a stark contrast to Rudolf's pride over an "[[DeadlyEuphemism operation]]" named after him -- Auschwitz and its legacy will eventually become a memorial museum and a respectful tribute to the victim of Nazis, not the Nazis themselves, least of all Rudolf, who isn't particularly well-known outside of history enthusiasts.]]
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: If the Hӧss family was ever disturbed by the terror on the other side of the concrete wall, they certainly aren't anymore. Notably, Hedwig's mother visits the house, and while she seems to have no qualms with Nazi ideology, she's horrified enough by thesight sight, sounds, and smells of the crematorium in operation that she leaves in the middle of the night.night -- whereas the family is so used to it that they have no issues sleeping soundly and playing outside.
* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: If the Hӧss family was ever disturbed by the terror on the other side of the concrete wall, they certainly aren't anymore. Notably, Hedwig's mother visits the house, and while she seems to have no qualms with Nazi ideology, she's horrified enough by the
* EvilDetectingDog: Dilla, the family dog, obeys its owners' commands but is agitated throughout the ''entire'' movie.
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* RagsToRiches: Downplayed. While it's unclear what their life was like before Rudolf became the Commandant of Auschwitz, the family is clearly upwardly mobile. Hedwig's mother even mentions that she used to clean the apartment of a wealthy Jewish woman, and wonders if she's in the camp.
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* RagsToRiches: Downplayed. While it's unclear what their life was like before Rudolf became the Commandant of Auschwitz, the family is clearly upwardly mobile. Hedwig's mother even mentions that she used to clean the apartment of a wealthy Jewish woman, and wonders if she's in the camp. Hedwig has a rather clumsy and ungainly gait -- obviously not a poised socialite -- and secretly tries on a fur coat and lipstick, both luxuries of which the Nazi regime heavily disapproved.
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* CueTheRain: It's bad enough when Rudolf realizes that the river he and his children are wading in is having human remains dumped into it -- and then it starts to rain, soaking the children with precipitation contaminated by the operations of Auschwitz. The adults have to scrub them clean of all the ashen rain, and a houseworker is taken aback by the ([[NothingIsScarier unseen]]) amount of human ashes left over in the tub.
* NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished: A local girl risks her life to sneak food to the prisoners... Only for a fight to break out over the apples she's stashed, leading to the prisoners dying anyway.
* OhCrap: As Rudolf fishes in the river, the water begins to cloud, and he plucks a skeletal jaw from the depths. Realizing that ashes from the murdered prisoners are being dumped into the same river in which his young children are playing, he hastily orders them out.
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* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[ImpliedRape wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking an apple.
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* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[ImpliedRape wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking fighting over an apple.
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* VillainProtagonist: Two, in the persons of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his ice-cold wife Hedwig.
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* SleepingSingle: Rudolf and Hedwig sleep apart and have no intimate contact of any kind during the film, making their relationship seem more like that of business partners than a happily married couple.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The concentration camp's noise and activities bleed into the children's play and upbringing: the elder son stays up at night to examine the gold teeth extracted from Jewish prisoners and later locks his brother in the greenhouse while playfully making noises similar to gas being released; the younger son bangs on a drum to imitate gunshots and later pretends to be an officer scolding a prisoner; one of the daughters sleepwalks often and unsettles Rudolf; and the baby cries constantly, rarely at peace.
* VillainProtagonist: Two, in the persons of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his ice-cold wifeHedwig.Hedwig.
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The audience repeatedly sees scenes of a local girl who sneaks past the guards to hide food for the prisoners, then discovers a piece of sheet music written by one. She brings it home and performs it on the piano, and is then never shown onscreen again.
* Workaholic: Rudolf works around the clock to keep the concentration camp running. When he's transferred, Hedwig justifies her decision to stay at the camp with the children by pointing out that he'd probably never be home anyway.
* YourCheatingHeart: Not that either instance of implied sex is consensual given the power dynamics at play, but Rudolf rapes an inmate, and Hedwig seems to have an affair with a worker building her greenhouse. The former is not seen again, and the greenhouse is in the same state of repair during a timeskip, implying that the latter was also disposed of.
* TroublingUnchildlikeBehavior: The concentration camp's noise and activities bleed into the children's play and upbringing: the elder son stays up at night to examine the gold teeth extracted from Jewish prisoners and later locks his brother in the greenhouse while playfully making noises similar to gas being released; the younger son bangs on a drum to imitate gunshots and later pretends to be an officer scolding a prisoner; one of the daughters sleepwalks often and unsettles Rudolf; and the baby cries constantly, rarely at peace.
* VillainProtagonist: Two, in the persons of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his ice-cold wife
* WhatHappenedToTheMouse: The audience repeatedly sees scenes of a local girl who sneaks past the guards to hide food for the prisoners, then discovers a piece of sheet music written by one. She brings it home and performs it on the piano, and is then never shown onscreen again.
* Workaholic: Rudolf works around the clock to keep the concentration camp running. When he's transferred, Hedwig justifies her decision to stay at the camp with the children by pointing out that he'd probably never be home anyway.
* YourCheatingHeart: Not that either instance of implied sex is consensual given the power dynamics at play, but Rudolf rapes an inmate, and Hedwig seems to have an affair with a worker building her greenhouse. The former is not seen again, and the greenhouse is in the same state of repair during a timeskip, implying that the latter was also disposed of.
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall'' - also starring Sandra Hüller). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/{{A24}}.
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall'' - also starring Sandra Hüller). It will be was released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/{{A24}}.
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** Rudolf sends a communication to other concentration camp employees to make sure, when "picking the lilacs", they do not "bleed" - one of the many strains of [[RapeAsDrama sexual violence]] implied by the film.
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** Rudolf sends a communication to other concentration camp employees to make sure, when "picking the lilacs", they do not "bleed" - one of the many strains of [[RapeAsDrama [[ImpliedRape sexual violence]] implied by the film.
* ImpliedRape: Although it is never shown or discussed directly, a strain of sexual violence runs through the film. Rudolf warns fellow SS guards to take care while "[[DeadlyEuphemism picking the lilacs]]" so that they don't "bleed", and on the phone with another SS member tells him that he'll "see him at selection", where he will "have his pick" of new Dutch concentration camp inmates. We also see him washing his genitals after (it's implied) having sex with an inmate in his office.
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* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[RapeAsDrama wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking an apple.
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* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[RapeAsDrama [[ImpliedRape wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking an apple.
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** When Rudolf finds a human bone in the river his children are wading in, he warns fellow concentration camp employees to be careful "picking the lilacs".
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: After having a vision of the future in which Auschwitz is being operated as a museum and memorial to the dead, Rudolf descends a flight of stairs into the darkness. It's obviously symbolic of Höss's fate, arrested by the Allies and eventually hanged on the grounds of Auschwitz in 1947.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: After [[spoiler:After having a vision of the future in which Auschwitz is being operated as a museum and memorial to the dead, Rudolf descends a flight of stairs into the darkness. It's obviously symbolic of Höss's fate, arrested by the Allies and eventually hanged on the grounds of Auschwitz in 1947.]]
* OneWomanWail: The composition that plays over the end credits features a synth that evokes this trope.
* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[RapeAsDrama wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking an apple.
* OneWomanWail: The composition that plays over the end credits features a synth that evokes this trope.
* PetTheDog: Used to show how [[DeconstructedTrope utterly insignificant]] this trope would be in real life. Upon being sent away from Auschwitz, we see Rudolf tearfully say goodbye to his beloved horse; when we see him in Oranienberg, he's shown cooing over a dog he encounters on the street. Of course, immediately before those scenes, we see him (respectively) [[RapeAsDrama wash his genitals after sleeping with an Auschwitz prisoner]] and ordering a prisoner to be drowned for sneaking an apple.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: After having a vision of the future in which Auschwitz is being operated as a museum and memorial to the dead, Rudolf descends a flight of stairs into the darkness. It's obviously symbolic of Hess's fate, arrested by the Allies and eventually hanged on the grounds of Auschwitz in 1947.
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* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: After having a vision of the future in which Auschwitz is being operated as a museum and memorial to the dead, Rudolf descends a flight of stairs into the darkness. It's obviously symbolic of Hess's Höss's fate, arrested by the Allies and eventually hanged on the grounds of Auschwitz in 1947.
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* MeaningfulBackgroundEvent: Throughout the movie. The camera never shows the inside of Auschwitz, but the sounds--crematoria engines, machine guns rattling, barking dogs--can be heard throughout. The chimneys of the crematoria are often shown in the background, belching smoke and flame. Many times trains can be heard or seen in the background, carrying Jews to the camp.
* OffIntoTheDistanceEnding: After having a vision of the future in which Auschwitz is being operated as a museum and memorial to the dead, Rudolf descends a flight of stairs into the darkness. It's obviously symbolic of Hess's fate, arrested by the Allies and eventually hanged on the grounds of Auschwitz in 1947.
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* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''Film/TheActOfKilling'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.
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* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''Film/TheActOfKilling'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.remorse.
* VillainProtagonist: Two, in the persons of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his ice-cold wife Hedwig.
* VillainProtagonist: Two, in the persons of Auschwitz commandant Rudolf Höss and his ice-cold wife Hedwig.
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* ScreamDiscretionShot: Essentially a feature-length one of these, as screams of pained concentration camp prisoners permeate the walls.
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* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''The Act of Killing'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.
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* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''The Act of Killing'', ''Film/TheActOfKilling'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.
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* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Most scenes play out without music, letting the sounds of what's happening in the camp next door dominate the ear.
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* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''The Act of Killing'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.
* ShoutOut: Rudolf's fit of nausea at the end is a reference to the ending of the documentary ''The Act of Killing'', in which a retired genocidal soldier is hit with a wave of retching as he feels a pang of remorse.
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* LadyMcBeth: Hedwig somehow manages to come across as more deplorable than her husband, who is literally the commandant of Auschwitz. Her day to day concerns are simply about making her house feel as much of a palace as possible, nevermind that it is quite literally across the street from the camp, which means the atrocities there can be easily overheard. She treats her hired help like trash and loots the facility that contains all the clothing and personal effects that were confiscated from the Jews, something she is very glib about. And when her mother flees the house during the night with nothing but a note, the next morning Hedwig burns the note after reading it then cruelly berates one of the maids for setting out two plates for breakfast instead of one.
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* LadyMcBeth: LadyMacbeth: Hedwig somehow manages to come across as more deplorable than her husband, who is literally the commandant of Auschwitz. Her day to day concerns are simply about making her house feel as much of a palace as possible, nevermind that it is quite literally across the street from the camp, which means the atrocities there can be easily overheard. She treats her hired help like trash and loots the facility that contains all the clothing and personal effects that were confiscated from the Jews, something she is very glib about. And when her mother flees the house during the night with nothing but a note, the next morning Hedwig burns the note after reading it then cruelly berates one of the maids for setting out two plates for breakfast instead of one.
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* LadyMcBeth: Hedwig somehow manages to come across as more deplorable than her husband, who is literally the commandant of Auschwitz. Her day to day concerns are simply about making her house feel as much of a palace as possible, nevermind that it is quite literally across the street from the camp, which means the atrocities there can be easily overheard. She treats her hired help like trash and loots the facility that contains all the clothing and personal effects that were confiscated from the Jews, something she is very glib about. And when her mother flees the house during the night with nothing but a note, the next morning Hedwig burns the note after reading it then cruelly berates one of the maids for setting out two plates for breakfast instead of one.
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->''"The heartfelt time we spent in the Höss house will always be among our most beautiful holiday memories. In the East lies tomorrow. Thanks for your National Socialist hospitality."''
-->--A note left in the Höss house guestbook.
-->--A note left in the Höss house guestbook.
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* EveryoneHasStandards: Hedwig's visiting mother is hardly sympathetic to the plight of the Jews on the other side of the wall at first, and seems quite proud of her daughter for the life she's attained. However, when she sees the crematorium in operation through her first night at the house, she's horrified enough to leave in the middle of the night.
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** When Rudolf finds a human bone in the river his children are wading in, he warns fellow concentration camp employees to be careful "picking the lilacs".
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Unlike the source material, whose commandant is named Paul Doll, the characters here are explicitly the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss Rudolf Höss]] and his family.
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* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Unlike the source material, whose commandant is named Paul Doll, the characters here are explicitly the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss org/wiki/Rudolf_Hoess Rudolf Höss]] and his family.
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** Hedwig and her friends refer to clothing items confiscated from Jewish concentration camp inmates as coming "from Canada".
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** Hedwig and her friends refer to clothing items confiscated from Jewish concentration camp inmates as coming "from Canada".Canada" - referring to the [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kanada_warehouses,_Auschwitz Kanada warehouses]] of Auschwitz, so named for being a perceived land of plenty.
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* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: If the Hӧss family was ever disturbed by the terror on the other side of the concrete wall, they certainly aren't anymore. Notably, Hedwig's mother visits the house, and while she seems to have no qualms with Nazi ideology, she's horrified enough by the sight of the crematorium in operation that she leaves in the middle of the night.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: "The zone of interest" is what the area that would become the Auschwitz death camp was called while being constructed.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: AllergicToEvil: Near the end of the film, Rudolf finds himself overcome with nausea, repeatedly dry heaving as he descends a flight of stairs. It gives the impression that he's being poisoned by his own horrific deeds.
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** "The zone of interest" is what the area that would become the Auschwitz death camp was called while beingconstructed.constructed.
** Hedwig and her friends refer to clothing items confiscated from Jewish concentration camp inmates as coming "from Canada".
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* DistantFinale: [[spoiler:The end of the film flashes forward to the present day, where various janitors maintain Auschwitz, now preserved as a museum.]]
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* DroneOfDread: The sound of the crematorium next door is omnipresent. It doesn’t bother the Hӧss family, but the viewer will likely find it much more disturbing.
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* DroneOfDread: The sound constant industrial activity of the crematorium death machine next door is omnipresent. It doesn’t bother omnipresent throughout the Hӧss family, but the viewer will likely find film. Mica Levi's score, when it much more disturbing.shows up, also features this.
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* RagsToRiches: Downplayed. When Rudolf becomes the Commandant of Auschwitz, he and his family go from somewhat working class to comfortably middle class. Hedwig's mother even remarks that the Jewish woman whose house she used to clean was sent to the camps, and that she took her drapes for her own.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Outside of the very beginning and very end of the film, there is very little in the way of a soundtrack.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Outside of the very beginning and very end of the film, there is very little in the way of a soundtrack.
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* RagsToRiches: Downplayed. When While it's unclear what their life was like before Rudolf becomes became the Commandant of Auschwitz, he and his the family go from somewhat working class to comfortably middle class. is clearly upwardly mobile. Hedwig's mother even remarks mentions that the Jewish woman whose house she used to clean was sent to the camps, apartment of a wealthy Jewish woman, and that she took her drapes for her own.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is a 2020 drama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is a 2020 2023 drama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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* RagsToRiches: Downplayed. When Rudolf becomes the Commandant of Auschwitz, he and his family go from somewhat working class to comfortably middle class. Hedwig's mother even remarks that the Jewish woman whose house she used to clean was sent to the camps, and that she took her drapes for her own.
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* FamilyValuesVillain: Both Rudolf and Hedwig are devoted, loving parents to their children. However, far from making them more sympathetic, it only highlights their self-interest and depraved indifference to the atrocities happening next door.
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* FamilyValuesVillain: EvenEvilHasLovedOnes: Both Rudolf and Hedwig are devoted, loving parents to their children. However, far from making them more sympathetic, it only highlights their self-interest and depraved indifference to the atrocities happening next door.
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* PrettyInMink: At one point, Hedwig tries on a fur coat that once belonged to one of the prisoners at Auschwitz.
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* PrettyInMink: At one point, Hedwig tries on a fur coat that once belonged to one of the prisoners at Auschwitz.Auschwitz.
* RealityHasNoSoundtrack: Outside of the very beginning and very end of the film, there is very little in the way of a soundtrack.
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* FamilyValuesVillain: Both Rudolf and Hedwig are devoted, loving parents to their children. However, far from making them more sympathetic, it only highlights their self-interest and depraved indifference to the atrocities happening next door.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming drama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming a 2020 drama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: "The zone of interest" is what the area that would become the Auschwitz death camp was known as while being constructed.
* DroneOfDread: The trailer emphasizes a persistent mechanical drone that plays beneath eerie, atonal music.
* DroneOfDread: The trailer emphasizes a persistent mechanical drone that plays beneath eerie, atonal music.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: "The zone of interest" is what the area that would become the Auschwitz death camp was known as called while being constructed.
* DissonantSerenity: TheMovie. The Hӧss family enjoys a beautiful bucolic life while the Nazi death machine churns away next door. The whole crux of the movie is exploring the kind of callousness and inhumanity that would make DissonantSerenity possible in such an environment.
* DroneOfDread: Thetrailer emphasizes a persistent mechanical drone that plays beneath eerie, atonal music.sound of the crematorium next door is omnipresent. It doesn’t bother the Hӧss family, but the viewer will likely find it much more disturbing.
* DissonantSerenity: TheMovie. The Hӧss family enjoys a beautiful bucolic life while the Nazi death machine churns away next door. The whole crux of the movie is exploring the kind of callousness and inhumanity that would make DissonantSerenity possible in such an environment.
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* NothingIsScarier: This approach is apparent in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.
* PrettyInMink: Hedwig tries on a fur coat at one point in the trailer.
* PrettyInMink: Hedwig tries on a fur coat at one point in the trailer.
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* IgnoredEpiphany: The ending sees [[spoiler:Rudolf faced with a vision of the future: the Auschwitz death camp preserved as a museum detailing the atrocities of the long-gone Nazi regime. He only stares blankly before continuing his journey down a flight of stairs into darkness.]]
* InNameOnly: While Martin Amis’ novel was inspired by Rudolf Hӧss and his family, their names were changed and a number of subplots were added. This adaptation uses the real names and does away with all subplots, putting the focus squarely on the family living at Auschwitz.
* IndustrializedEvil: As in real life, Auschwitz is the epitome of this trope: a brutal labor camp where death itself has become strictly regimented and industrialized. The crematorium disposing of the bodies makes an infernal noise.
* NothingIsScarier:This approach is apparent At no point in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows movie do we see any of the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.
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* PrettyInMink: At one point, Hedwig tries on a fur coatat that once belonged to one point in of the trailer.prisoners at Auschwitz.
* InNameOnly: While Martin Amis’ novel was inspired by Rudolf Hӧss and his family, their names were changed and a number of subplots were added. This adaptation uses the real names and does away with all subplots, putting the focus squarely on the family living at Auschwitz.
* IndustrializedEvil: As in real life, Auschwitz is the epitome of this trope: a brutal labor camp where death itself has become strictly regimented and industrialized. The crematorium disposing of the bodies makes an infernal noise.
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* PrettyInMink: At one point, Hedwig tries on a fur coat
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall''). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/{{A24}}.
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall'').''Film/AnatomyOfAFall'' - also starring Sandra Hüller). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/{{A24}}.
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* DeadlyEuphemism: "The zone of interest" is what the area that would become the Auschwitz death camp was known as while being constructed.
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* NothingIsScarier: This approach is apparent in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.
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* NothingIsScarier: This approach is apparent in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.darkness.
* PrettyInMink: Hedwig tries on a fur coat at one point in the trailer.
* PrettyInMink: Hedwig tries on a fur coat at one point in the trailer.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming HistoricalDrama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming HistoricalDrama drama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall''). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/A24.
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The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall''). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/A24.Creator/A24.
!!This film contains the following tropes:
* DroneOfDread: The trailer emphasizes a persistent mechanical drone that plays beneath eerie, atonal music.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Unlike the source material, whose commandant is named Paul Doll, the characters here are explicitly the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss Rudolf Höss]] and his family.
* NothingIsScarier: This approach is apparent in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.
!!This film contains the following tropes:
* DroneOfDread: The trailer emphasizes a persistent mechanical drone that plays beneath eerie, atonal music.
* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Unlike the source material, whose commandant is named Paul Doll, the characters here are explicitly the real-life [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolf_H%C3%B6ss Rudolf Höss]] and his family.
* NothingIsScarier: This approach is apparent in all supplemental material. The trailer shows scenes of bucolic, domestic bliss with an incredibly eerie soundtrack, while the poster shows the happy Höss family in their backyard surrounded by complete darkness.
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''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming HistoricalDrama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
Rudolf Höss (Friedel) is an [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany SS officer]] and commandant of the infamous Auschwitz death camp. He lives in a pleasant little house next to the camp with his wife, Hedwig (Hüller), and his five children. As the crematorium constantly churns next door, the Höss family live a mundane but joyful life, completely indifferent to the human suffering occurring on the other side of the concrete wall.
The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall''). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/A24.
''The Zone of Interest'' is an upcoming HistoricalDrama film directed by Creator/JonathanGlazer (''Film/SexyBeast'', ''Film/UnderTheSkin''), starring Christian Friedel and Sandra Hüller. It is (very loosely) based on the 2014 [[Literature/TheZoneOfInterest novel of the same name]] by Creator/MartinAmis.
Rudolf Höss (Friedel) is an [[UsefulNotes/NaziGermany SS officer]] and commandant of the infamous Auschwitz death camp. He lives in a pleasant little house next to the camp with his wife, Hedwig (Hüller), and his five children. As the crematorium constantly churns next door, the Höss family live a mundane but joyful life, completely indifferent to the human suffering occurring on the other side of the concrete wall.
The film premiered at the 2023 Cannes film festival, where it won the Grand Prix for second prize (finishing behind UsefulNotes/PalmeDOr winner ''Film/AnatomyOfAFall''). It will be released in theaters on December 15th, 2023, distributed by Creator/A24.
