Star Christian Friedel On The Banality Of Evil In ‘The Zone Of Interest’: “It’s A Movie About Us” – TIFF Studio

THE ZONE OF INTEREST

Section: Special Presentations

Director: Jonathan Glazer

Writer: Jonathan Glazer

Logline: Loosely based on the 2014 novel by the late Martin Amis, The Zone of Interest tells the story of concentration camp commandant Rudolph Höss (Christian Friedel), his wife Hedwig (Sandra Hüller), and their life together in the shadow of Auschwitz

Distributor: Elevation Pictures (Canada); Sales: A24 (International)

Premiere Date: Sept. 7, 2023

Panelists: Christian Friedel

Key Quote:“ This is not only a movie about the Holocaust, it’s a movie about us. The characters are ordinary people, normal people, and — don’t forget — normal people did this to other normal people. We want to see an evil person. We want to see Rudolph Höss as a perpetrator, but we see a family man, a father. We see a man who likes animals, who’s interested in nature and birds. I think this is the main message of the movie, and I hope that people will recognize that.” — Christian Friedel