German actor Christian Friedel said on Saturday that watching himself as the commandant of the Auschwitz death camp in Jonathan Glazer's film 'The Zone of Interest' frightened him.
The 76th Cannes Film Festival - Photocall for the film "The Zone of Interest" in competition - Cannes, France, May 20, 2023. Cast member Christian Friedel poses. REUTERS/Eric Gaillard
"The challenge in this project for us to find authenticity in the situations," he told journalists after the film's"I watched the movie for the second time and I feel very uncomfortable, because some of the situations I was thinking 'OK, that, that was me' sometimes and that frightens me." Glazer said he wanted to show the capacity for violence in all people with the film, which was shot entirely at Auschwitz.
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