After the Truth (1999)
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. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels unable to do so. When he decides to take on the case, he endangers not only his marriage but also his and his wife's lives.
Director:
Roland Suso Richter
Writers:
Christopher Riley, Johannes W. Betz, Kathleen Riley.
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Götz George as Josef Mengele |
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Kai Wiesinger as Peter Rohm |
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Karoline Eichhorn as Rebekka Rohm / Brandenburger |
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Doris Schade as Hilde Rohm |
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Peter Roggisch as Heribert Vogt |
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Bastian Trost as Felix Hillmann |
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Peter Rühring as Dr. Füglein |
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Michaela Rosen as Gunda Friedrichs |
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Hans Peter Hallwachs as Medizinsachverständiger |
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Traugott Buhre as Dabrowski |
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Stephan Schwartz as Daniel Ginsberg |
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Heinz Trixner as Müller |
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Detlef Bothe as Siebert |
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Volker Risch as Staatsamwalt |
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Frank Röth as Dr.Wendler |
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Peer Martiny as Adlatus Vogt |
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Jockel Tschiersch as Kommissar Wichmann |
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Michael Schenk as Untersuchungsrichter Kürten |
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Andreas Wellano as Spielwarenhändler |
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Elsa Grube-Deister as Perl Goldstein |
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Moutlak Osman as Leon Kerbel |
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János Gönczöl as Gyula Eszterhas |
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Carole Piguet as Babette Didic |
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Zoltan Deme as Ungarischer Dolmetscher |
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Ute Lubosch as Gerichtsmedizinerin |
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Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt as Proff. Krill |
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Winfried Wagner as Dr. Liebermann |
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Wolfgang Dehler as Genetiker |
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Bernhard Leute as Handschriftenexperte |
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Holger Kunkel as LKA-Beamter 1 |
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Klaus-Dieter Klebsch as LKA-Beamter 2 |
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Hans-Gerd Sonnenburg as Richter |
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Luc Feit as Reporter Pressekonferenz |
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Rainer Winkelvoss as Reporter 1 |
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Andreina De Martin as Reporter 2 |
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Karl-Ernst Horbol as Reporter 3 |
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Werner Koenig as Polizist |
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Nicola Edler-Golla as Interviewerin |
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Ersin Ersen as Mahmud |
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Johannes Mergner as Eierwerfer |
| Directing | Roland Suso Richter | Director |
| Writing | Christopher Riley | Screenplay |
| Writing | Johannes W. Betz | Screenplay |
| Writing | Johannes W. Betz | Novel |
| Writing | Kathleen Riley | Screenplay |
| Writing | Beate Veldtrup | Novel |
| Production | Werner Koenig | Producer |
| Production | Martin Heldmann | Producer |
| Production | Stuart Hazeldine | Associate Producer |
| Production | Götz George | Co-Producer |
| Production | Edward R. Pressman | Co-Producer |
| Editing | Peter R. Adam | Editor |
| Production | Anja Dihrberg | Casting Director |
| Camera | Martin Langer | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Harald Kloser | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Thomas Wander | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Sabine Lachmund | Set Decoration |
| Art | Angelika Mende | Set Decoration |