THE PEOPLE vs. FRITZ BAUER
GERMANY 2015 / FEATURE FILM
Directed by Lars Kraume
Written by Lars Kraume, Olivier Guez
Produced by Thomas Kufus - zero one film
Starring Burghart Klaussner, Ronald Zehrfeld, Lilith Stangenberg,
Jörg Schüttauf, Sebastian Blomberg
Cinematography Jens Harant
Editing by Barbara Gies
World Premiere: 7 August 2015 Locarno Film Festival
Synopsis
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. However, with no success so far due to the fierce German determination to repress its sinister past. Because of his distrust in the German justice system, Fritz 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.
Music Awards
Günther Rohrbach Filmpreis 2015 „Best Music“
Rolf Hans Müller Preis 2016 „Best Music“
German Film Award „Best Music“ (Nomination)
