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Adapted from Martin Amis’ novel and directed by Jonathan Glazer, the Auschwitz-set, German-language film is also up for best picture
An adaptation of Martin Amis’ novel of the same title, and directed by British film-maker Jonathan Glazer, The Zone of Interest has largely German and Polish dialogue and therefore qualified for the award. Anatomy of a Fall, Zone of Interest’s main non-English-language rival on the awards circuit this year, was not nominated, after France’s Centre National du Cinéma et de l’Image Animée instead put forward Juliette Binoche foodie drama The Taste of Things as the country’s submission. Sandra Hüller, who stars in Anatomy of a Fall, appears in The Zone of Interest as Hedwig Hoss, alongside Christian Friedel as Rudolf Höss, the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp.
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