Overview
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels unable to do so. When he decides to take on the case, he endangers not only his marriage but also his and his wife's lives.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the European Film Award for Best Actor (1999)
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Setting
Set in Germany
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Music
Music by Harald Kloser
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Martin Langer
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Christopher RileyScreenplay
- Johannes W. BetzScreenplay, Novel
- Kathleen RileyScreenplay
- Beate VeldtrupNovel
- Original title
- Nichts als die Wahrheit
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 23, 1999
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Germany
Production
Cast
Götz GeorgeJosef Mengele
Kai WiesingerPeter Rohm
Karoline EichhornRebekka Rohm / Brandenburger
Doris SchadeHilde Rohm- Peter RoggischHeribert Vogt
Bastian TrostFelix Hillmann- Peter RühringDr. Füglein
Michaela RosenGunda Friedrichs
Hans Peter HallwachsMedizinsachverständiger
Traugott BuhreDabrowski
Stephan SchwartzDaniel Ginsberg- Heinz TrixnerMüller
Detlef BotheSiebert
Volker RischStaatsamwalt
Frank RöthDr.Wendler
Peer MartinyAdlatus Vogt
Jockel TschierschKommissar Wichmann
Michael SchenkUntersuchungsrichter Kürten- Andreas WellanoSpielwarenhändler
- Elsa Grube-DeisterPerl Goldstein
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