Summary
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele - the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people - emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court.
Good for
- Friends night
- Thought-provoking
- Adults
Where to watch
Not streaming in any country yet.
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At a glance
Critics vs audiences
Only audience scores so far
Audiences 73GoodWatch 67
IMDb7.3
Running time
2 h 8 min
Longer than most crime movies, +22 min on the typical 106
typical 106128Half of all crime movies run 95–120 min.
Reach
To rent or buy in 3 countries
Released
1999
September 23, 1999
27 years ago
Genres
CrimeDramaThrillerLanguage
German
Original language
Also spoken
HungarianMade in
Germany
Rated
No age rating yet.
What's in it
- ViolenceModerate
- Gore, disturbing imagesMild
- Frightening scenesMild
- Sex, nudityLittle or none
- Dark themesStrong
In white: what the content advisories name. Levels from the title analysis.
Viewing guide
AdultsFriends NightSolo WatchThought-ProvokingNot listed for kids or family movie night.
and 19 more40 people
- Götz GeorgeJosef Mengele
- Kai WiesingerPeter Rohm
- Karoline EichhornRebekka Rohm / Brandenburger
- Doris SchadeHilde Rohm
- PRPeter RoggischHeribert Vogt
- Bastian TrostFelix Hillmann
- Peter RühringDr. Füglein
- Michaela RosenGunda Friedrichs
- Hans Peter HallwachsMedizinsachverständiger
Traugott BuhreDabrowski
Stephan SchwartzDaniel Ginsberg- HTHeinz TrixnerMüller
Detlef BotheSiebert
Volker RischStaatsamwalt
Frank RöthDr.Wendler
Peer MartinyAdlatus Vogt
Jockel TschierschKommissar Wichmann
Michael SchenkUntersuchungsrichter Kürten- AWAndreas WellanoSpielwarenhändler
- EGElsa Grube-DeisterPerl Goldstein
- MOMoutlak OsmanLeon Kerbel
- JGJános GönczölGyula Eszterhas
- CPCarole PiguetBabette Didic
- ZDZoltan DemeUngarischer Dolmetscher
Directing · 1
- Roland Suso Richter Director
Writing · 4
- Johannes W. Betz Novel, Screenplay
- Christopher Riley Screenplay
- Kathleen Riley Screenplay
- Beate Veldtrup Novel
Production · 6
- Martin Heldmann Producer
- Werner Koenig Producer
- Götz George Co-Producer
- Anja Dihrberg Casting Director
- Edward R. Pressman Co-Producer
- Stuart Hazeldine Associate Producer
Camera · 1
- Martin Langer Director of Photography
Editing · 1
- Peter R. Adam Editor
Sound · 2
- Harald Kloser Original Music Composer
- Thomas Wander Original Music Composer
Art · 2
- Angelika Mende Set Decoration
- Sabine Lachmund Set Decoration
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