地点:特莱西恩施塔特,一个独特的被阿道夫·艾希曼称为“模范集中营”而宣传的地方,隐藏着其真实面目——毒气室前的最后一步而误导着世界和犹太人民。一个男人:本杰明·穆勒斯坦因,特莱西恩施塔特犹太议会的最后一任主席,被流放的落难英雄,从1938年至战争结束期间被迫与艾希曼日复一日地谈判,而到了艾希曼被审判之日却甚至没有被传唤作证,尽管他无疑是最了解这位纳粹死刑执行者的人。距离《浩劫》超过二十五年,克劳德·朗兹曼的新作展现了纳粹大屠杀鲜为人知却意义重大的一面,并前所未有地揭示了“最终方案”的起源。
A place: Theresienstadt. A unique place of propaganda which Adolf Eichmann called the "model ghetto", designed to mislead the world and Jewish people regarding its real nature, to be the last step before the gas chamber. A man: Benjamin Murmelstein, last president of the Theresienstadt Jewish Council, a fallen hero condemned to exile, who was forced to negotiate day after day from 1938 until the end of the war with Eichmann, to whose trial Murmelstein wasn't even called to testify. Even though he was without a doubt the one who knew the Nazi executioner best. More than twenty-five years after Shoah, Claude Lanzmann's new film reveals a little-known yet fundamental aspect of the Holocaust, and sheds light on the origins of the "Final Solution" like never before.
退休摇滚明星强尼·博兹(Bill Cable 饰)在性行为的过程中被人用白丝巾捆绑双手后用冰锥残忍刺死。其女友凯瑟琳·特拉梅尔(Sharon Stone 饰)是一名作家,去年出版的小说中就有双手被白丝巾捆绑的退休摇滚明星被女友用冰锥刺死的情节。虽然特拉梅尔通过了谎言测试,但曾枪杀两位游客却被判无罪的尼克·柯兰警探(Michael Douglas 饰)坚持认为特拉梅尔在说谎。因为他自己也曾接受过谎言测试,并且通过了……