Released Date:
2015-09-25
Languages:
German
Countries:
Germany
Runtime:
124 min
Rated:
R
IMDB Ratings:
7.4 (1730 Reviews)
Director:
Giulio RicciarelliGenres:
HistoryElisabeth Bartel (screenplay)
Giulio Ricciarelli (screenplay)
Elisabeth Bartel (screen story)
Amelie Syberberg (collaboration on screenplay)
The year is 1958. The war has been over for thirteen years and the Federal Republic of Germany is not only recovering but even booming. But where are the Nazis? Who has ever heard of the death camps? It looks as if everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds in this land of milk and honey... At least, until the day journalist Thomas Gnielka recognizes in the person of a teacher the former commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp... At least, until Johann Radmann, a young prosecutor, decides to investigate the case... Nobody knows it yet but this is the dawn of a new era. Even if the road to awareness will be long and rocky...
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