Kurt Gerstein—a member of the Institute for Hygiene of the Waffen-SS—is appalled to discover that a poison gas he helped discover is being used to kill Jews. Driven by his conscience to alert the rest of the world, Gerstein teams up with a young Jesuit priest, Riccardo Fontana, but their protestations fall on deaf ears in the Vatican.

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Cast

Ulrich Tukur

Kurt Gerstein

Mathieu Kassovitz

Riccardo Fontana

Ulrich Mühe

The Doctor

Michel Duchaussoy

Thr Cardinal

Marcel Iureș

The Pope

Ion Caramitru

Count Fontana

Friedrich von Thun

Gerstein's Father

Antje Schmidt

Mrs. Gerstein

Günther Maria Halmer

Pastor Dibelius

Hanns Zischler

Grawitz

Sebastian Koch

Höss

Monica Bleibtreu

Mrs. Hinze