Amen. (film)

Amen.
Theatrical release poster
Directed by	Costa-Gavras
Produced by	Andrei Boncea Michèle Ray-Gavras
Written by	Jean-Claude Grumberg Costa-Gavras
Starring	Ulrich Tukur Mathieu Kassovitz Ion Caramitru Marcel Iureş
Music by	Armand Amar
Cinematography	Patrick Blossier
Edited by	Yannick Kergoat
Distributed by	Kino International (USA) Pathé (France)
Release date	2002
Running time	132 minutes
Country	Germany Romania France
Language	English
Budget	€ 15,700,000
Box office	€ 11,217,610 (France)

Amen. is a 2002 German, Romanian-French historical drama film, co-written and directed by Costa-Gavras and starring Ulrich Tukur, Mathieu Kassovitz, Sebastian Koch and Ulrich Mühe. The film examines the links between the Vatican and Nazi Germany.

During World War II, Kurt Gerstein (Ulrich Tukur), a Waffen-SS officer employed in the SS Hygiene Institute, designs programs for the purification of water and the destruction of vermin. He is shocked to learn that the process he has developed to eradicate typhus, by using a hydrogen cyanide mixture called Zyklon B, is now being used for killing Jews and other "undesirables" in extermination camps. Gerstein attempts to notify Pope Pius XII (Marcel Iureş) about the gassings, but is appalled by the lack of response he gets from the Catholic hierarchy. The only person moved is Riccardo Fontana (Mathieu Kassovitz), a young Jesuit priest. Fontana and Gerstein attempt to raise awareness about what is happening to the Jews in Europe but even after Fontana appealing to the pope himself, the Vatican makes only a timid and vague condemnation of Hitler and Nazi Germany.