DVD

Amen / Claude Berri presents a coproduction Katharina/Renn Productions, TF1 Films production in association with KC Medien, with the participation of Canal+, a film by Costa-Gavras ; screenplay writers, Costa-Gavras, Jean Claude Grumberg ; director, Costa-Gavras.

Hochhuth, Rolf. Stellvertreter. (Added Author). Costa-Gavras, 1933- (Added Author). Grumberg, Jean-Claude, 1939- (Added Author). Katharina (Firm) (Added Author). Renn Productions. (Added Author). TF1 Films Production. (Added Author). KC Medien (Firm) (Added Author). Studio Canal+. (Added Author). Kino International Corporation. (Added Author). Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovtiz, Ulrich Mhe, Michel Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Marcel Iures, Friedrich von Thun, Antje Schmidt, Angus MacInnes. (Cast).

Summary:

When a newly commissioned SS Lieutenant witnesses the chemical disinfectant he's helped perfect being used to systematically murder interred Jews, he knows he must act. The only symphatic ear he finds is a young priest with ties to the Vatican. As the two unlikely allies fight to reveal the truth to the Church and world, they discover that a man of conscience can commit treason and a man of God can commit heresy in order to thwart genocide.

Record details

Physical Description: 1 videodisc (126 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Edition: Letterbox edition (1.85:first).
Publisher: New York : Kino on Video, [2003]
Copyright: ©2002

Content descriptions

General Note:	Originally released as a motion picture in 2002. Based on "Der Stellvertreter (Le Vicaire) by Rolf Hochhuth. Special features: "making of" documentary; "Amen" and "The deputy": scene comparison; the "Amen." pressbook; theatrical trailers.
Creation/Production Credits Note:	Director of photography, Patrick Blossier ; art director, Maria Miu ; editor, Yannick Kergoat ; music composer, Armand Amar ; costume designer, Edith Vespřini ; production designer, Ari Hantke.
Participant or Performer Note:	Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovtiz, Ulrich Mhe, Michel Duchaussoy, Ion Caramitru, Marcel Iures, Friedrich von Thun, Antje Schmidt, Angus MacInnes.
Target Audience Note:	MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:	DVD, Region 1 encoding.
Awards Note:	Cšar Awards, France, 2003: Cšar - Best Writing - Original or Adaptation (Meilleur scňario, original ou adaptation) (Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg).