Wakolda
Den tyske legen
Directed by:
Lucía PuenzoScreenplay:
Lucía PuenzoCinematography:
Nicolás PuenzoCast:
Alex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Elena Roger, Guillermo Pfening, Alan Daicz, Ana Pauls, Valeria RadivoVOD (2)
Plots(1)
The true story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time. (official distributor synopsis)
Reviews (2)
Don’t expect a typical thriller. The German Doctor uses Argentinian film optics, i.e. silent and “empty”, without suspense or twists. Rather than a thriller, it’s a drama without a single tragedy that satisfies itself with mere suggestions. It’s not chilling and Mengele’s character is not scary: he looks like a more mysterious and attractive version of Franco Nero. Viewers will feel unsettled and experience some mild anger (caused by powerlessness and unfairness), but only after the film ends and they process it. Anyway, I’m glad that this unique subject has finally been made into a film and I am curious about the (very likely) American remake. I know I keep repeating myself, but once again, I’d like to see David Fincher making this, in a nice old school-way à la Se7en.
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Marathon Man, The Boys from Brazil, and now The German Doctor. Or an excellent chapter in the life of Dr. Josef Mengele on the run after 1949. Experiments with growth hormone, experiments on twins, and the fact that in 1960 he still had a "pleasant" 19 years of freedom ahead of him. The film features a great choice of Spanish-German dialogue and a parallel to the belief to create the perfect human and mechanical toy.
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