The Zone of Interest - actors, characters and roles
All actors and their roles in the film "The Zone of Interest"
The Zone of Interest (2023)
Timing:
1:45 (105 min)
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Actors and characters
Johann Karthaus
Character Claus Höss
Luis Noah Witte
Character Hans Höss
Nele Ahrensmeier
Character Inge-Brigit Höss
Lilli Falk
Character Heideraud Höss
Anastazja Drobniak
Character Annagret Höss
Cecylia Pekala
Character Annagret Höss
Kalman Wilson
Character Annagret Höss
Medusa Knopf
Character Elfriede
Maximilian Beck
Character Schwarzer
Andrey Isaev
Character Bronek
Julia Babiarz
Character Young Polish Housemaid
Stephanie Petrowitz
Character Sophie
Martyna Poznanski
Character Marta
Zuzanna Kobiela
Character Aniela
Benjamin Utzerath
Character Fritz Sander, Topf & Sons
Thomas Neumann
Character Karl Prüfer, Topf & Sons
Klaudiusz Kaufmann
Character Obersturmbannführer Bischoff
Justyna Szklarska
Character Prisoner Gardener #1
Kacper Piwko
Character Prisoner Gardener #2
Antje Falk
Character Hedwig's Friend #2
Jakub Sierenberg
Character SS Officer #1
Joerg Sierenberg
Character SS Officer #2
Joerg Giessler
Character SS Officer #3
Heiko Lange
Character SS Officer #4
Marek Łukasik
Character SS Officer #5
Bernhard Schirmer
Character SS Horseman
Julia Polaczek
Character Aleksandra Bystroń-Kołodziejczyk
Shenja Lacher
Character Gauleiter Fritz Bracht (voice)
Imogen Kogge
Character Hedwig's Mother
Wiktoria Wisniewska
Character Heideraud's School Friend
Paulina Burzyk
Character Claus' Girlfriend
Anna Marciniszyn
Character Redheaded Woman
Agnieszka Wierny
Character Aleksandra's Mother
Patryk Mika
Character Polish Partisan at Table
Tomasz Piwko
Character Kapo Bohner
Carsten Koch
Character War-Wounded Soldier #1
Heinz Nielow
Character War-Wounded Soldier #2
Christine Schröder
Character Woman in Park with Dog
Marnius Fislage
Character Höss' Adjutant
Daniel Holzberg
Character Gerhard Maurer
Rainer Haustein
Character Richard Glücks
Daniel Hoffman
Character Dr. Meindl, Steyr-Daimier-Puch
Wolfgang Lampl
Character Hans Burger
Oscar Lebeck
Character Glücks' Adjutant
Christian Willy
Character SS Doctor
Freya Kreutzkam
Character Eleanor Pohl
Leo Meier
Character IKL Announcer (voice)
Barbara Koszatka
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Izabela Bara
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Anna Kuwik
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Mariola Karczewska
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Halina Drzymota
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Dominika Matonóg
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Ewelina Kaczor
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Matgorzata Zurek
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Barbara Jakubowska
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Etzbieta Bronka
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Zuzanna Janusik
Character Auschwitz-Birkenau State Museum Cleaner
Sascha Maaz
Character Arthur Liebehenschel (uncredited)
Ralf Zillmann
Character Hoffmann (uncredited)
Christopher Manavi
Character Minor Role (uncredited)
What's left behind the scenes
- Director Jonathan Glazer ordered remotely controlled cameras to be installed in the house and garden so that the actors would not know if they were being filmed at any given moment, and if so – whether it was a close-up or not. This allowed the actors to fully immerse themselves in what was happening.
- Martin Amis, the screenwriter and author of the novel on which the film is based, died on the day of the film's premiere at the 76th Cannes Film Festival.
- Sandra Hüller's character tells her friends that her coat is 'From Canada'. This was the name given to a vast warehouse on the territory of the concentration camp where items taken from prisoners were stored.
- Thanks to the numerous cameras used during filming, director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer had over 800 hours of footage by the beginning of the editing process.
- Director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer did not want the audience to see all the atrocities that took place in the concentration camp. He wanted them to hear it. Therefore, sound operator Johnny Burn compiled a 600-page document describing significant events in the history of Auschwitz, including eyewitness accounts and a detailed map of the camp. This map allowed for precise determination of distances between points and the range at which sounds could be heard. Burn spent a year compiling a sound library, which included sounds of production equipment, the crematorium, furnaces, the trampling of shoes, gunshots, the clatter of railcars, barking dogs, and screams. Since many French people were brought to Auschwitz, Burn used screams from protests in Paris in 2022. Sounds of drunken guards were provided by recordings made at a train station in Hamburg.
- Filming began in the summer of 2021 near Auschwitz in Poland. Filmmakers hoped to shoot in the actual home of commandant Rudolf Höss, but the house was in terrible condition due to its location on a UNESCO World Heritage site. A suitable building was found nearby. The filmmakers began planting trees as early as April 2021.
- The Höss family's residence was not authentic, however, the scene in the basement was filmed in a real basement of a house where the Höss family once lived.
- The image of the young Polish woman was based on a certain Alexandra, whom director and screenwriter Jonathan Glazer met while gathering material for the film. At the age of 12, she was a member of an underground organization and rode her bicycle to the concentration camp with apples for the prisoners, and her actual bicycle and dress are shown in the film.
- Almost the entire film was shot in natural light, and a thermal imaging camera was used for the night scenes.
- Once Sandra Hüller decided not to play roles of Nazis, convinced that actors, consciously or not, try to give their characters a certain glamour. Therefore, Jonathan Glazer gave her an unglamorous role.
- Jonathan Glazer's screenplay has very little in common with the literary source – the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. Amis's novel tells a fictional love story, told from three different points of view, often in a comedic language.
- The film depicts a Hoffmann kiln, invented and patented in 1858 by German engineer Friedrich Hoffmann.
- The sound of a motorcycle engine is audible in outdoor scenes. Among Rudolf Höss's staff, there was a designated person who started the motorcycle to drown out screams and gunfire.
- Director Jonathan Glazer ordered the installation of remotely controlled cameras in the house and garden so that the actors would not know if they were being filmed at any given moment, and if so, whether it was a close-up or not. This allowed the actors to fully immerse themselves in what was happening.
- The protagonist, played by Sandra Hüller, tells her friends that her coat is “From Canada.” That was the name given to a massive warehouse within the concentration camp grounds where items confiscated from prisoners were stored.
- Jonathan Glazer's screenplay has very little in common with the literary source material – the novel of the same name by Martin Amis. Amis’s novel tells a fictional love story, narrated from three different perspectives and often using a comedic tone.
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