Tim Blake Nelson's The Grey Zone centers around the Sonderkommandos, who are a group of Jewish prisoners that actually lead a revolt against the German Nazis to attempt to destroy a few of their crematories. The unit is comprised of Jews that are ordered by the Nazis to lead in other Jewish prisoners into the gas showers and to them assist in the total extermination of their bodies. In exchange, the Sonderkommandos get four extra months to live and special privileges, such as cigarettes and whiskey. The film is some what told through the historical character of Dr. Milkos Nyiszli (Corduner), who was a assistant to the grotesque medical experiments ordered by the Nazis in exchange for his life and the lives of his family. The first half of the film sets up the plan by the Sonderkommando unit for the rebellion, which includes the Polish Jews and the Jewish women as well. The men feel that the rebellion will give some redemption to their lives for assisting in the killings of their own kind. However, when the men find a 14-year-old girl that somehow survived the gas chamber, a renewed since of hope of survival is created among them.