The Zone of Interest (2023)
The commandant of Auschwitz, Rudolf Höss, and his wife Hedwig, strive to build a dream life for their family in a house and garden next to the camp.
7 Kinolab Clips
Opening Credits
The title sequence and music.
Duration: 00:03:09
Timestamp: 00:00:47
Contributor: Julia Sayette
Opening Sequence
The Höss family--whose patriarch, Rudolph (Christian Friedel), is the commandant of Auschwitz--spends a day in nature and celebrates his birthday.
Duration: 00:06:13
Timestamp: 00:03:54
Contributor: Julia Sayette
Hedwig's New Coat
Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) tries on a new coat and lipstick taken from prisoners of Auschwitz.
Duration: 00:04:12
Timestamp: 00:11:37
Contributor: Julia Sayette
Handing Out Sugar
Walking through his house at night, Rudolf (Christian Friedel) finds his daughter Inge-Brigitt (Nele Ahrensmeier) who cannot sleep and claims she is "handing out sugar." As he reads her a bedtime story, a young girl (Julia Polaczek) hides food for the Auschwitz prisoners.
Duration: 00:01:57
Timestamp: 00:25:38
Contributor: Julia Sayette
The Garden
Hedwig (Sandra Hüller) gives her mother (Imogen Kogge) a tour of the house's garden.
Duration: 00:05:45
Timestamp: 00:39:39
Contributor: Julia Sayette
Operation Höss
At a party celebrating the launch of Operation Höss--the extermination of Hungary's Jewish population--Rudolf (Christian Friedel) calls his wife (Sandra Hüller). The film then cuts to the modern-day Auschwitz-Birkenau Museum.
Duration: 00:06:08
Timestamp: 01:31:17
Contributor: Julia Sayette
Closing Sequence
Closing sequence, credits, and music.
Duration: 00:07:10
Timestamp: 01:37:26
Contributor: Julia Sayette