Being a mass murderer may not be a particularly great job

On Zone of Interest

I watched Zone of Interest recently. It's that German flick about Rudolf and Hedwig Hoss, and their ordinary domestic troubles as Rudi goes about his day job of running the Auschwitz concentration camp.

The first half hour shows an idyllic life, mostly from the point of view of Hedwig, who is portrayed by the same actress who played the main character in…