The Zone of Interest was shot entirely in Poland by the Polish cinematographer Lukasz Żal, who also lensed Paweł Pawlikowski’s Cold War (2018, Opus Film) and Ida (2014, Opus Film).
Inspired by a novel by Martin Amis, the film follows a German family living near the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War Two. Sandra Hüller and Christian Friedel play the main characters.
The film was produced by A24 in coproduction with Extreme Emotions, Film Four and House Productions, and it was supported by the Polish Film Institute with approximately 436,000 EUR / 2 m PLN in April 2020.
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