
The People Vs. Fritz Bauer
2015 · Movie · R · 105 min · ★ 6.8 · 73% critics
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.
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Details
- Original title
- Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
- Years
- 2015
- Release date
- 2015-09-13
- Language
- German
- Rated
- R
- Runtime
- 105 min
- Critic score
- 73/100
- TMDB rating
- 6.8/10 (219 votes)
Themes
- nazi
- biography
- based on true story
- war criminal
Awards & recognition
- European Film Award — Best Actor · 2016 · nominated
Cast & crew

Burghart Klaußner
as Fritz Bauer

Ronald Zehrfeld
as Karl Angermann

Sebastian Blomberg
as Ulrich Kreidler

Jörg Schüttauf
as Paul Gebhardt

Lilith Stangenberg
as Victoria

Laura Tonke
as Ms. Schütt

Götz Schubert
as Georg-August Zinn

Cornelia Gröschel
as Charlotte Angermann

Robert Atzorn
as Charlottes Father

Matthias Weidenhöfer
as Zvi Aharoni
Directed by Lars Kraume