It is the late 1950s. Flourishing under the economic miracle, Germany grows increasingly apathetic about confronting the horrors of its recent past. Nevertheless, Fritz Bauer doggedly devotes his energies to bringing the Third Reich to justice. One day Bauer receives a letter from Argentina, written by a man who is certain that his daughter is dating the son of Adolph Eichmann. Excited by the promising lead, and mistrustful of a corrupt judiciary system where Nazis still lurk, Bauer journeys to Jerusalem to seek alliance with Mossad, the Israeli secret service. To do so is treason — yet committing treason is the only way Bauer can serve his country.
A quietly told political drama that plays out in offices, corridors and smoky back rooms rather than on the street. The tension comes from mistrust and isolation, not from action. Burghart Klaußner plays Bauer as a weary, stubborn lone fighter in a society that would rather forget.
Good for you if you are interested in postwar Germany and like historical dramas built on conviction and persistence rather than spectacle.
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