directed by: Lars Kraume, year: 2015
actors: Burghart Klaussner

Based on the real life of German prosecutor Fritz Bauer, the film traces his relentless pursuit of Nazi crimes in 1960s West Germany. Bauer battles bureaucratic resistance, political pressure and personal peril as he triangles with Mossad colleagues to pursue the Eichmann case and expose state complicity. The suspenseful drama intertwines political history with courtroom drama, showing how one man's courage challenges a national veil of denial and changes the course of justice.

German Film, Historical Thriller, Biographical Drama, Crime Drama, Legal Drama