The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

2015 · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · History, Drama, Mystery

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.

Directed by Lars Kraume · Written by Lars Kraume

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Burghart Klaußner Fritz Bauer
Ronald Zehrfeld Karl Angermann
Sebastian Blomberg Ulrich Kreidler
Jörg Schüttauf Paul Gebhardt
Lilith Stangenberg Victoria
Laura Tonke Ms. Schütt
Götz Schubert Georg-August Zinn
Cornelia Gröschel Charlotte Angermann
Robert Atzorn Charlottes Father
Matthias Weidenhöfer Zvi Aharoni
Rüdiger Klink Heinz Mahler
Paulus Manker Friedrich Morlach

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