THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER
by Lars Kraume
synopsis
Germany, 1957. Attorney general Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann. The lieutenant colonel, responsible for the mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires. Bauer, himself Jewish, has been trying to bring to trial the perpetrators of the crimes of the Third Reich ever since his return from his Danish exile. However, he hasn’t been successful so far due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Wary of the German justice system, Bauer contacts the Mossad, the Israeli secret service, thereby committing treason. But Bauer is not seeking revenge – he is concerned about the future of Germany.
international title: | The People vs. Fritz Bauer |
original title: | Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer |
country: | Germany |
sales agent: | Beta Cinema |
year: | 2015 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Lars Kraume |
film run: | 105' |
release date: | DE 01/10/2015, AT 09/10/2015, FR 13/04/2016, BE 20/04/2016, NL 28/04/2016 |
screenplay: | Lars Kraume, Olivier Guez |
cast: | Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg, Jörg Schüttauf, Sebastian Blomberg, Micheal Schenk, Laura Tonke |
cinematography by: | Jens Harant |
film editing: | Barbara Gies |
costumes designer: | Esther Walz |
music: | Christoph M. Kaiser, Julian Maas |
producer: | Thomas Kufus |
co-producer: | Christoph Friedel, Barbara Buhl, Jörg Himstedt, Georg Steinert |
production: | Zero One Film, Terz Filmproduktion, WDR Westdeutscher Rundfunk, HR - Hessischer Rundfunk, ARTE GEIE |
distributor: | Alamode Film, Look Now!, ARP Sélection, Cinéart, Cinéart Netherlands B.V., Caramel Films, CINEMA |