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Im Labyrinth des Schweigens (2014)

R  |   |  Drama  |  30 September 2015 (USA)
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A story that exposes the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II.

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Johann Radmann
André Szymanski ...
Thomas Gnielka
Friederike Becht ...
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Simon Kirsch
Johann von Bülow ...
Staatsanwalt Otto Haller
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Oberstaatsanwalt Walter Friedberg
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Sekretärin Schmittchen
Lukas Miko ...
Hermann Langbein
Gert Voss ...
Generalstaatsanwalt Fritz Bauer
Tim Williams ...
Major Parker
Mathis Reinhardt ...
BKA-Mann Fischer
Hartmut Volle ...
Lehrer Alois Schulz
Werner Wölbern ...
Hans Lichter
Timo Dierkes ...
Peter Mertens
Michael Schernthaner ...
Alter BKA Mann
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The year is 1958. The war has been over for thirteen years and the Federal Republic of Germany is not only recovering but even booming. But where are the Nazis? Who has ever heard of the death camps? It looks as if everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds in this land of milk and honey... At least, until the day journalist Thomas Gnielka recognizes in the person of a teacher the former commander of the Auschwitz concentration camp... At least, until Johann Radmann, a young prosecutor, decides to investigate the case... Nobody knows it yet but this is the dawn of a new era. Even if the road to awareness will be long and rocky... Written by Guy Bellinger

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In Germany, 15 years after World War II, one young man forces an entire country to face its past.

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Rated R for a scene of sexuality | See all certifications »
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30 September 2015 (USA)  »

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En labyrint av lögner  »

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$22,101 (USA) (2 October 2015)

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$27,982 (USA) (2 October 2015)
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The film is based on the life of Fritz Bauer, Frankfurt's attorney general, and of three prosecutors who were instrumental to the holding of the 1963 holding of the "Auschwitz trial". See more »

Quotes

Major Parker: You were all Nazis. In the Eastern sector, now you are all communists. Jesus, you Germans! If little green men from Mars landed tomorrow, you would all become green.
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Tipitipitipso
Music by Heinz Gietz
Lyrics by Kurt Feltz
Performed by Caterina Valente
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In the maze of bodged storytelling
17 May 2015 | by (Yurp) – See all my reviews

In Germany, particularly tricky historical scenarios are seen as ideal stomping grounds for budding directors. This has to do with the labyrinthine system of public film subsidies, which tend to favour movies that deal with important and worthwhile subjects. Ideally Germany's notorious semi-recent history.

The result is often something like Im Labyrinth des Schweigens, in which bloody murder is given the soap opera treatment. The story of how grizzled chief public prosecutor Fritz Bauer prosecuted some of the murderers of the Auschwitz concentration camp is replaced by a cheesy tale of a handsome, young and naive attorney stumbling on the largest crime in history.


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