Product Details

• Actors: Stellan Skarsgard, Dominic Cooper, Rupert Graves, Blake Ritson, Eddie Marsan
• Directors: Andy DeEmmony
• Format: Color, DVD, NTSC
• Language: English
• Subtitles: English
• Region: Region 1 (U.S. and Canada only. Read more about DVD formats.)
  
• Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
• Number of discs: 1
• Rated: NR (Not Rated)
• Studio: PBS
• DVD Release Date: January 20, 2009
• Run Time: 86 minutes
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (22 customer reviews)
• ASIN: B001HZ30O0
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #17,361 in Movies & TV (See Top 100 in Movies & TV)

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GOD ON TRIAL - DVD Movie

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49 of 51 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Exploring the meanings of suffering and evil, November 16, 2008

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P. Sexton (Missouri) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God on Trial (DVD)

I watched "God on Trial" on Masterpiece on November 8, 2008. I found it to be an excellent film, well written and splendidly executed. The men of the film, prisoners at Auschwitz and daily facing death, put God on trial, questioning His commitment to the Jewish people. Why have the Jews suffered so if they are truly the Chosen People and the People of the Covenant? The discussion is deep, moving and at times shattering. I was touched by this film. As a Christian and a student of the Holocaust, I found this to be an excellent film and honest discussion. I highly recommend this film.

36 of 40 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Masterpiece Theater film is a Masterpiece, November 10, 2008

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Hazel Reinert "batyah" (Austin, Texas) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: God on Trial (DVD)

I just viewed this on PBS. It was excellent. It asks all of the most difficult questions that we all have about this most dark time of our history has human beings - especially those trying to understand G-d in such a time. And it doesn't end with neat answers and happily ever afters. It isn't afraid to ask things about G-d that are usually considered unspeakable. Neither is G-d diminished by the questions. For those that can handle it, it is a most worthwhile endeavor to be challenged by these questions, and to seek to come up with our own answers. The charge: Did G-d keep His covenant or did He break the contract He made. Excellent use of television.

27 of 31 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars public television at its finest, November 14, 2008

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Lars Kingbeard (Galipoli) - See all my reviews

This review is from: God on Trial (DVD)

Is an attrocity such as the holocaust compatible with a belief in a benevolent god? This question is argued passionately on both sides by the Jewish inmates of a concentration camp as they await their probable deaths at the hands of the nazis. Most of the talking points of the current atheist - theist dialectic are discussed in a wide-ranging, intelligent, and provocative debate. With fine performances, taut direction, and an incisive script, this is a first rate drama that builds to an emotionally charged conclusion.