EXCLUSIVE:Harvey Keiteltells Deadline there is a sense of fulfillment achieved withThe Tattooist Of Auschwitz.
The pair fell in love and built a life together, and their story was dramatized in Morris novel.
Synchronicity Films produced the show in association with Sky Studios for Sky, Peacock and Australias Stan.
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Having taken the role, Academy Award-nominee Keitel also then watched the tapes.
When I saw the videos of Lali I had no impression in terms of myself, he says.
He was one of millions of unfortunate people who had to suffer in Auschwitz.
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There were no survivors at Auschwitz.
Only those who died and those who didnt.
In the series, Keitel plays Sokolov as he looks back on events from his life.
Jonah Hauer-King is the younger Lali, Anna Prochniak is Gita Furmanova and Melanie Lynskey plays Heather Morris.
Israeli director Tali Shalom-Ezer helmed all six episodes and Jacquelin Perske was head writer.
For Keitel,The Tattooist Of Auschwitzhas a very human dimension.
There are many stories that can never be told because people didnt survive to tell them, he says.
A powerful love story in the face of tragedy is a life-affirming testament to the human spirit.
Even the tragedy of the Holocaust could not kill mankinds ability to love.
I feel I have no right to compare.
