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After the Truth (1999)
Directed by Roland Suso Richter
Overview
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the “death angel of Auschwitz”, who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
Length 128 minutes
Actors
Götz George | Kai Wiesinger | Karoline Eichhorn | Doris Schade | Hans Peter Hallwachs | Traugott Buhre | Stephan Schwartz | Wolfgang Dehler | Michaela Rosen | Elsa Grube-Deister | Peter Roggisch | Peter Rühring | Detlef Bothe | Frank Röth | Bastian Trost | Peer Martiny | Jockel Tschiersch | Michael Schenk