People vs. Fritz Bauer
Mines comedy from the procedural aspects of the investigation as Bauer oscillates between curmudgeonly and inspirational. [Five out of five stars.]
The People vs. Fritz Bauer
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 take crimes from the Third Reich to court ever since his return from Danish exile but without success due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Because of his distrust in the German justice system, Bauer contacts the Israeli secret service, Mossad, and by doing so commits treason. Bauer is not seeking revenge for the Holocaust ‐‐ he is concerned with the German future.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 ∙ Locarno International Film Festival 2015 ∙
London Film Festival 2015 ∙ Berlin International Film Festival 2015
Winner of 6 German Film Awards (LOLA AWARDS) including:
Best Film ∙ Best Director ∙ Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) ∙ Best Screenplay
mass deportation of the Jews, is allegedly hiding in Buenos Aires.
Bauer, himself Jewish, has been trying to take crimes from the Third Reich to court ever since his return from Danish exile but without success due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Because of his distrust in the German justice system, Bauer contacts the Israeli secret service, Mossad, and by doing so commits treason. Bauer is not seeking revenge for the Holocaust ‐‐ he is concerned with the German future.
Toronto International Film Festival 2015 ∙ Locarno International Film Festival 2015 ∙
London Film Festival 2015 ∙ Berlin International Film Festival 2015
Winner of 6 German Film Awards (LOLA AWARDS) including:
Best Film ∙ Best Director ∙ Best Supporting Actor (Ronald Zehrfeld) ∙ Best Screenplay
Genre
Drama
Runtime
105
Language
German,
English,
Yiddish,
Spanish
Director
Lars Kraume
Cast
Burghart Klaussner,
Ronald Zehrfeld,
Jörg Schüttauf
FEATURED REVIEW
http://variety.com/2015/film/festivals/the-people-vs-fritz-bauer-film-review-1201559356/
Nazi war criminals being brought to justice has made for great cinema in everything from 1961’s “Judgment at Nuremberg” to last year’s “Labyrinth of Lies.” But those trials are just the tip of the iceberg in “The People vs. Fritz Bauer,” a stiff historical thriller that dramatizes the obstacles that ...
Played at
Lumiere Music Hall 5.24.16 - 5.24.16
Royal 8.19.16 - 9.22.16
Town Center 5 8.19.16 - 9.01.16
Playhouse 7 8.19.16 - 9.01.16
Claremont 5 8.27.16 - 9.05.16
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