The People vs. Fritz Bauer

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice. 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 (Burghart Klaussner) 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.

Keywords

  • Courtroom Movies
  • Escape to Berlin
  • justice
  • politics
  • prison

Actors

  • Carolin Stähler
  • Arndt Schwering-Sohnrey
  • Burghart Klaußner
  • Andrej Kaminsky
  • Pierre Shrady
  • Michael Schenk
  • Jörg Schüttauf
  • Laura Tonke
  • Götz Schubert
  • Sebastian Blomberg
  • Stefan Gebelhoff
  • Rüdiger Klink

Director

  • Lars Kraume

Drama


1h 45min


tous publics

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FR

Germany
2015
The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.

The story of the man who brought high-ranking German Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann to justice.


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 (Burghart Klaussner) 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.

Cast & Crew