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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GoodWatch score 69February 27, 2002 · 2 h 12 min · NR
Cassandra Truth, Time Skip, Driven to Suicide +9
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In the United States, Amen. streams on Cohen Media, and it is free with ads on Kanopy and Fawesome. You can rent or buy it from Apple TV Store, Google Play Movies, YouTube, and Fandango At Home. It also streams in 6 other countries.
Mostly, it's well received, with a GoodWatch score of 68 (IMDb 7.2, Rotten Tomatoes 67%, and Metacritic 57). Audiences rate it higher (75 out of 100) than critics (62).
No, it needs your attention: the title analysis rates it 8 of 10 for complexity and 8 for philosophical.
Probably not: the title analysis rates it 9 of 10 for bleakness and 8 for melancholy, against 3 for hopefulness.
No, it was made in French, with some German, English, and Italian.
TV Tropes lists 51 tropes for it, including Cassandra Truth, Time Skip, and Driven to Suicide.
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