I've always had a fasination all things WWII and of the Holocaust, not for the sadness and the slaughter of innocent Jewish lives, but the stories of the people and how they've survived, a testament to its people & culture.
I never knew till recently this was a book written from the story of our main character 'Lale Sokolov' who became a Tattooist, branding everyone who enters the camp like cattle.
Whats remarkable is how the love struck prisoners managed to survive, with the constant threat that you could be next in line to be sent to the chambers.
The acting is so on point, Harvey Keitel playing the older 'Lale' with such conviction telling his harrowing story.
Having visited Auschwitz-Birkenau I can now imagine how living in constance fear would always be at the front of your mind, everyone sharing the same burden of the fear of death.
Beautifully shot for all its long shots of its disturbing visuals of chimneys engulfed with smoke from the fully functioning 24/7 crematoriums is just pure dread, or the blue tones of the Winter cold air, makes you shiver.
But its important to watch to ensure something like this never happens again, love... Finds a way... through the dark.
I never knew till recently this was a book written from the story of our main character 'Lale Sokolov' who became a Tattooist, branding everyone who enters the camp like cattle.
Whats remarkable is how the love struck prisoners managed to survive, with the constant threat that you could be next in line to be sent to the chambers.
The acting is so on point, Harvey Keitel playing the older 'Lale' with such conviction telling his harrowing story.
Having visited Auschwitz-Birkenau I can now imagine how living in constance fear would always be at the front of your mind, everyone sharing the same burden of the fear of death.
Beautifully shot for all its long shots of its disturbing visuals of chimneys engulfed with smoke from the fully functioning 24/7 crematoriums is just pure dread, or the blue tones of the Winter cold air, makes you shiver.
But its important to watch to ensure something like this never happens again, love... Finds a way... through the dark.