The Zone of Interest
The commandant of Auschwitz and his wife strive to build a dream life for their family in a house next to the camp.
MrTrivet reviewed
September 15, 2025•
In The Zone of Interest, the horror does not come from what is seen, but from what is heard. Beyond the fence of the Höss family’s idyllic home, the machinery of death never sleeps - a system working tirelessly on its final product. Tragedy becomes the backdrop of the film’s events, coloring domestic affairs with the screams of people, the shots of rifles, the drone of industrial chimneys. It is a film about people who normalize evil, who grow accustomed to it, who are able to function in its presence without a shadow of doubt. The heavy, droning soundtrack seeps under the skull, amplifying tension in places where the image itself seems almost indifferent. With each scene, emotions shift into a growing unease, difficult to name - something between suffocation and dread.