On October 7, 1944, the unimaginable happened at Auschwitz-Birkenau: prisoners of the Jewish Sonderkommando rose up against their murderers. *Uprising in Auschwitz* tells the story of this one and only armed uprising in the Auschwitz extermination camp—not as speculative historical fiction, but as a focused, powerful documentary reconstruction. In director Gabi Schlag’s film, the focus is on men who, as witnesses to industrialized mass murder, are themselves doomed to die, yet resolve to resist, bear witness, and stand up to the machinery of extermination. Gabi Schlag combines historical research, international perspectives, and firsthand accounts from those involved with a visual style that maintains distance while simultaneously creating a sense of closeness. The result is not a film designed to shock, but a film of remembrance, insight, and moral challenge.

Synopsis: TMDb.