Film2015105 min

The People vs. Fritz Bauer

Name: The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Genre: Drama, History
Released: 2015
Duration: 105 min
Cast: Burghart Klaußner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Sebastian Blomberg, Jörg Schüttauf, Lilith Stangenberg

Taste attributes: dramahistorythrillerbiographyhistoricalslowfresh & originalunsavouryheavyrealisticintricatelineargrittyemotive & stirringcomplex relationshipfighting evilrescue/escape/jeopardy

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Boxlist takeA grounded, weighty historical drama: intricate and gritty. Best if you like real life over fantasy.

Taste details

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

Quality rating

6.9 /10

TMDB · 138 votes

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Originality: Fresh / original, just how this profile likes it
Wholesomeness: Unsavoury, just how this profile likes it
Intricacy: Smart / intricate, just how this profile likes it

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Realism: True to life, where this profile leans balanced realism

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Synopsis

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 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.

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