The Zone of Interest

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. The film has numerous awards and nominations. In German, Polish and Yiddish with English subtitles.

105 minutes.
No persons under 16 (Violence, Prejudice).
Drama, Period piece, War, On the art circuit

Not currently showing on the local cinema circuit.

Summer camp.

Credits

Cast	Sandra Hüller, Christian Friedel, Freya Kreutzkam, Ralph Herforth, Max Beck, Ralf Zillmann
Director	Jonathan Glazer
Screenplay	Jonathan Glazer, from the novel by Martin Amis
Music	Mica Levi
Cinematography	Lukasz Zal
Editing	Paul Watts
Sound formats	Dolby Digital
Made in	2023
Produced by	A24, Access Entertainment, Film4, JW Films, Extreme Emotions, House Productions, Polski Instytut Sztuki Filmowej

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Film and Publications Board (FPB) Report (SA)

Genre	Drama
Language	None
Nudity	None
Sex	None
Violence	None (sic)
Prejudice	None (sic)
Blasphemy	None
Drug abuse	None
Comments
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USA MPAA rating

PG-13: Parents Strongly Cautioned	Rated PG-13 for thematic material, some suggestive material and smoking.
Runtime	105
USA version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

British Board of Film Classification rating

12A: Suitable for 12 years and older	Holocaust theme, Disturbing scenes, Racism, Moderate sex references
Runtime	105
British version is usually but not always the same as South African release. Versions released on streaming or DVD, Blu-ray or Video may also differ.

CommonSenseMedia Report (USA)

Suggested age limit 13 +	Positive messages	Positive role models
Violence	Sex	Language
Consumerism	Drinking, drugs, smoking

Ratings

Scale (Max)	20
What the Critics say
Metacritic.com 53 critics	18
Rottentomatoes critics 2248 critics	17
Rottentomatoes tomatometer Tomatometer Dispassionately examining the ordinary existence of people complicit in horrific crimes, The Zone of Interest forces us to take a cold look at the mundanity behind an unforgivable brutality.	18
CommonSenseMedia Danny Brogan Holocaust drama has upsetting scenes, off-camera atrocities	15
What the People say
Metacritic.com users 31 users	17
Rottentomatoes users 100+ users	15
Rottentomatoes popcornmeter Popcornmeter	16
IMDB 7759 Netizens	16
The Movie DB Community	15
Average .. 82%	16

Trailer

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