“The Zone of Interest” (2023) – “Bye, bye, Daddy.” – Hedwig (Sandra Huller) The morning arrives, and Rudolf (Christian Friedel) prepares for his workday, possibly a Monday. He climbs on his horse and will move through an open gate, as his workplace is adjacent to his home, separated by only a wall. While holding their infant, Hedwig casually throws out the affable goodbye, adieu, or tschüss, tschüss to Rudolf. Rudolf and Hedwig Hoss are not an ordinary suburban couple living in Chandler, Ariz. or Orlando, Fla. It’s 1943, and the…
‘The Zone of Interest’ holds us captive to a haunting, surreal perspective of The Holocaust
