The People vs. Fritz Bauer

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Synopsis

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.

Directed by

Lars Kraume

Written by

Lars Kraume, Olivier Guez

Cast

Burghart Klaußner

Fritz Bauer

Ronald Zehrfeld

Karl Angermann

Sebastian Blomberg

Ulrich Kreidler

Jörg Schüttauf

Paul Gebhardt

Lilith Stangenberg

Victoria

Laura Tonke

Ms. Schütt

Götz Schubert

Georg-August Zinn

Cornelia Gröschel

Charlotte Angermann

Robert Atzorn

Charlottes Father

Matthias Weidenhöfer

Zvi Aharoni

Rüdiger Klink

Heinz Mahler

Paulus Manker

Friedrich Morlach

Michael Schenk

Adolf Eichmann

Tilo Werner

Isser Harel

Dani Levy

Chaim Cohn

Jochen Kolenda

Richter

Details

Released

September 13, 2015

Runtime

1h 45m

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