Directed by:
Lars KraumeCinematography:
Jens HarantCast:
Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Robert Atzorn, Sebastian Blomberg, Stefan Gebelhoff, Cornelia Gröschel, Rüdiger Klink, Dani Levy, Paulus Manker (more)VOD (1)
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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. (Toronto International Film Festival)
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Fritz Bauer was way too intense. I know he meant well and wanted to take revenge on the monsters of what was then Germany. But somehow, he intruded into the work of Mossad and he didn’t quite understand that there are more important things and people in life than him. It could have been an interesting film, but Fritz’s story is bit too forced and superfluous. The movies which show Adolf Eichmann with all his mind processes are far more interesting. Compared to this, the story of Fritz Bauer is quite boring.
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