# Der Stellvertreter (2002)

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**Original title**: *Amen.*
**Runtime**: 132 min
**Genres**: Drama, History
**Directed by**: Costa-Gavras
**Written by**: Costa-Gavras, Jean-Claude Grumberg
**Starring**: Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Ulrich Mühe, Michel Duchaussoy, Marcel Iureș, Ion Caramitru

> *Two Men, Two Worlds, One Cause.*

## Synopsis (in-house rewrite)

Kurt Gerstein meets The Lives of Others. A Waffen-SS hygienist stumbles upon his own Zyklon B in death camps. Two outcasts press the Vatican to act, but the Church won’t listen.

**Mood tags**: dread, gut-punch, slow-burn

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