Marcus Hammerstein

Drop dead please! Following the sudden death of a mysterious engine driver in his sixties, the Wife, the Lover, her illegitimate Daughter and an increasing number of shady characters from his spurious past want to know the true identity of the man they loved. They are dying to know which of them was really loved by him, and where he has hidden the fantastic fruit of his double life. In their deadly struggle, our heroes find themselves in the center of a satirical crime comedy, the sinful roots of which stretch back to the eighties, the closing decade of the socialist era.

Octobre 1944, Auschwitz-Birkenau. Saul Ausländer est membre du Sonderkommando, ce groupe de prisonniers juifs isolé du reste du camp et forcé d’assister les nazis dans leur plan d’extermination. Il travaille dans l’un des crématoriums quand il découvre le cadavre d’un garçon dans les traits duquel il reconnaît son fils. Alors que le Sonderkommando prépare une révolte, il décide d’accomplir l’impossible : sauver le corps de l’enfant des flammes et lui offrir une véritable sépulture.