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After the Truth

After the Truth

Original title
Nichts als die Wahrheit
Year
1999
Gender
Crime , Drama , Thriller
Director
Roland Suso Richter
Country
Germany
Details
128 minutes / colored / sound

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.

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