Nichts als die Wahrheit
(1999)
Regisseur:
Roland Suso RichterSchauspieler:
Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Traugott Buhre, Stephan Schwartz, Wolfgang Dehler, Michaela Rosen, Elsa Grube-Deister, Peter Roggisch, Peter Rühring, Detlef Bothe, Frank Röth, Bastian Trost, Peer MartinyDer Anwalt Peter Rohm arbeitet seit Jahren an einem Buch über den KZ-Arzt Josef Mengele. Da passiert das Unfassbare. Der gesuchte Kriegsverbrecher gibt sein Versteck in Südamerika auf und reist nach Deutschland, um sich der Justiz zu stellen. Mengele will seine Geschichte erzählen und Rohm soll sein Rechtsvertreter sein. Nach langem Ringen übernimmt der junge Mann das Mandat und findet eine Verteidigungsbasis, die einen Freispruch ermöglichen würde. Nun muss Rohm sich zwischen professioneller Pflicht und seiner Menschlichkeit entscheiden…
Mit Action-Sequenzen und Spannung aufbereiteter, fiktiver Justiz-Thriller um Josef Mengele, der aus seinem Exil zurückkehrt, um sich deutschen Gerichten zu stellen.
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
