As someone who recoils from intrusive effects and soundtracks in modern over-produced films (Oppenheimer being the most recent), it was refreshing to watch one which, while carrying a clear message, did not bombard the audience with over-obvious or sensational contrivances. A good script and excellent acting were all that was needed, given our ingrained knowledge of what was going on inside the Camp's walls, to examine the callous complacency of the family and, one suspects, of a large segment of the Third Reich generation. As if the director felt something was needed to express his personal horror, intermittent and strange dream sequences, and short sections of a disturbing musical score were added, but I felt these were unnecessary. Much more effective was the contrast of the mundane - female cleaners sweeping out the empty gas chamber and ovens, the Hoss mother-in-law sunbathing but coughing in the chimney fumes - with a reality which we never see but which dominates.