Film2025135 min

The Disappearance of Josef Mengele

Name: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2025
Duration: 135 min
Cast: August Diehl, Friederike Becht, Dana Herfurth, David Ruland, Carlos Kaspar

Taste attributes: historydramahistoricalbiographyslowheavyrealisticlineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationship

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Boxlist takeRealistic and weighty: a raw historical drama, emotive rather than low-key. Best if you like depth over escapism.

Pace: slow · Originality: balanced · Tone: balanced · Weight: very heavy · Realism: true to life · Story: balanced · Structure: linear · Look: gritty · Scale: balanced · Emotional punch: stirringHow we score

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Wholesomeness: Balanced wholesomeness, just how this profile likes it
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Emotional punch: Emotive / stirring, just how this profile likes it

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Synopsis

In the aftermath of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, escapes to South America to rebuild his life in hiding. Through the eyes of his son who finds him again, Mengele is confronted with a past he can no longer ignore. From Buenos Aires to Paraguay via Brazil, the man who became known as “The Angel of Death” will organize his methodical disappearance to avoid any form of trial.

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