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The Grey Zone poster
C
Average
MASTER SCORE 54.7 / 100
2001·Drama / History / War·1h 48m

THE GREY ZONE

“The story you've never seen.”

The story of Auschwitz's twelfth Sonderkommando — one of the thirteen consecutive "Special Squads" of Jewish prisoners placed by the Nazis in the excruciating moral dilemma of assisting in the extermination of fellow Jews in exchange for a few more months of life.

Above the Line
Tim Blake Nelson·DirectorTim Blake Nelson·WriterMiklos Nyiszli·NovelRussell Lee Fine·Director of PhotographyCoya Elliott·Assistant Sound EditorTim Blake Nelson·Editor
Cast
David Arquette·HoffmanVelizar Binev·MollMichael Stuhlbarg·CohenDaniel Benzali·Simon SchlermerAllan Corduner·NyiszliSteve Buscemi·'Hesch' AbramowicsHarvey Keitel·SS-Oberscharfuhrer Eric MuhsfeldtNatasha Lyonne·RosaMira Sorvino·DinaBrían F. O'Byrne·Interrogator
Full Crew
(30 credits)
Directing· 1
Tim Blake Nelson·Director
Writing· 2
Tim Blake Nelson·WriterMiklos Nyiszli·Novel
Camera· 2
Russell Lee Fine·Director of PhotographyYaroslav Yachew·Camera Operator
Editing· 2
Tim Blake Nelson·EditorMichelle Botticelli·Editor
Sound & Music· 2
Coya Elliott·Assistant Sound EditorLora Hirschberg·Sound Re-Recording Mixer
Art & Design· 2
Johnny Breedt·Art DirectionTatiana Macdonald·Art Direction
Production· 17
Avi Lerner·ProducerPamela Koffler·ProducerHarvey Keitel·Executive ProducerDanny Lerner·ProducerChristine Vachon·ProducerTim Blake Nelson·ProducerDanny Dimbort·Executive ProducerPeggy Gormley·Executive ProducerTrevor Short·Executive ProducerJohn Wells·Executive ProducerBrad Weston·Executive ProducerDavid Varod·Co-ProducerTrish Hofmann·Line ProducerWill Cantler·CastingBernard Telsey·CastingDavid Vaccari·CastingMaria Djurkovic·Production Designer
Other Departments· 2
Stanimir Stamatov·StuntsTeodor Tzolov·Stunts
By the Numbers
54.7
OF 100
Master Score
7.0
OF 10
IMDb
—
CRITICS
Rotten Tomatoes
$622K
ROI -88%
Worldwide Gross
0
Oscar Wins
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Poster DNA

THE VISUAL DECONSTRUCTION

A bespoke vision agent's reading of the design language behind The Grey Zone's key art.

Dominant Palette
3 colors
#000000
#3A3A3A
#FFFFFF
Mood
Somber, Bleak, Grim
Composition
Split
Era
Timeless
Visual Style
Photographic

“The poster features a dark, somber scene with a single male figure standing in a dimly lit, enclosed space. The man is seen from the waist up, looking down, sur”

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Key Elements
BodiesBundles
Atmosphere
Dark, Gritty, Cold
Color Mood
Cool
Setting
Indoor
Design Score
7/10
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