# The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024)

> A young Jewish prisoner at Auschwitz-Birkenau is forced to tattoo identification numbers onto fellow inmates' arms while holding on to love and hope.

Canonical page: https://ember.film/tv/141629

## Facts

- Seasons: 1
- Episodes: 6
- Episode runtime: 51 min
- Status: Ended
- Genres: drama, war, history
- Created by: Heather Morris
- Network: Sky Atlantic, Sky Showcase
- Cast: Jonah Hauer-King, Anna Próchniak, Jonas Nay, Melanie Lynskey, Harvey Keitel, Maja Wolska, Maciej Salamon, Marcel Sabat
- TMDB rating: 8.0/10
- IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt9022422/

## Ember's analysis

- Pacing: measured
- Intensity: strong
- Complexity: accessible
- Violence: moderate
- Tone: harrowing, tender, sincere, bleak, emotional

## What critics say

Audiences broadly rate the miniseries positively for its emotional story and strong lead performances, though it is viewed as a sentimental, somewhat conventional take on a harrowing subject.

## Synopsis

The Tattooist of Auschwitz (2024) is a British limited series created by Heather Morris for Sky Atlantic and Sky Showcase, adapted from her novel. Jonah Hauer-King plays the young Lali Sokolov, a Jewish prisoner forced to tattoo identification numbers onto the arms of fellow inmates at Auschwitz-Birkenau, while Anna Próchniak plays Gita Furmanova, the woman he risks everything to protect and reunite with. Harvey Keitel appears as the older Lali, and Jonas Nay plays Stefan Baretzki, a camp figure whose presence tightens the danger around every choice. The engine of the story is the constant negotiation between survival and conscience: a man whose skill keeps him alive must decide how far he will bend to keep hope alive for himself and the people he loves. Across six episodes of roughly fifty minutes each, the drama moves through the daily rhythms of the camp, illicit meetings, and fragile acts of kindness. Set in wartime Poland during World War II, the series unfolds in a grim, grounded register, with a tender romantic thread running through the horror. Its tone is harrowing yet sincere, and its theme is the endurance of love in the darkest of places. Fans of Schindler's List, The Pianist and Chernobyl will find resonance in its historical weight and human-scale storytelling.

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