The film was virtually ignored throughout its production until the release of its first trailer online which was hugely controversial. Director Uwe Boll was lambasted for shooting a short cameo of himself which he included in the trailer in which he plays an SS officer who appears to be falling asleep whilst on guard outside a room in which masses of people are being gassed to death in. Critics attempted to boycott the movie after the release of its gruesome trailer.
The film opens with a personal statement by director Uwe Boll and contains interviews with German school teenagers about the Auschwitz Concentration and Extermination Camp which open and close the film.
Boll compared his film to Nuit et brouillard (1956). "His film is also incredibly brutal but nevertheless it's the best film ever made about Auschwitz," he said.
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