The People vs. Fritz Bauer (2015)1h45
History · Drama · Mystery
Director Lars Kraume (7.1 avg)
Also directed The Silent Revolution, The Coming Days, The Verdict, and 13 more
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.
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Cast
Burghart Klaußner
Ronald Zehrfeld
Sebastian Blomberg
Jörg Schüttauf
Lilith Stangenberg
Laura Tonke
Götz Schubert
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