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The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)

Drama Mystery History
Release Date: 2015, September 13
Directors: Lars Kraume
Countries: Germany
Production: Zero One Film, Terz Film, ARTE, ARD
Cast: Andrej Kaminsky, Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey, Sebastian Blomberg, Jochen Kolenda, Thomas Kügel, Burghart Klaußner, Michael Schenk, Matthias Weidenhöfer, Laura Tonke, Tilo Werner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Cornelia Gröschel

Overview:

It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.

Keywords:

biography based on true story nazi war criminal