'The Tattooist of Auschwitz' is both love story and reminder of the Holocaust and its horrors
"This is a love story," says Lali Sokolov (Harvey Keitel) at the beginning of "The Tattooist of Auschwitz," as a caveat, or perhaps a come-on — not your usual Holocaust tale, then, that we're about to begin. (Though there will be plenty of the usual, as well.)
The memories of real-life survivor Sokolov (played by Keitel old, and Jonah Hauer-King young) became the basis of a 2018 novel by New Zealand writer Heather Morris, who interviewed him over three years with an eye to writing a screenplay. The novel it became sold many copies and topped the New York Times bestseller list — no better guarantee of a picture deal — and sits on a shelf among similarly titled volumes, including "The Librarian of Auschwitz," "The
