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ERA
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Released 10 years ago.
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The General Case
2016 1h 32m DE
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6.7
SOLID
★6.7TMDB · 16
Drama
Synopsis
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In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the coverup of Nazi crimes and the restorative policy of the government Adenauer - he is firmly convinced that only in this way can the young democracy be consolidated. Not only his attitude, but also his temperament make Bauer vulnerable, again and again resistance forms from politics, intelligence services and the judiciary against the lone fighter.
“Some stories are better left unspoiled.”
Cast
Ulrich Noethen
Fritz Bauer
David Kross
Joachim Hell
Bernhard Schütz
Hans Maria Globke
Uwe Bohm
Efraim Ilani
Godehard Giese
Staatsanwalt Streuber
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Ludwig Erhard
Karl Knaup
Haim Cohn
Manfred Möck
Isser Harel
Credits
Behind the camera
- Director
- Stephan Wagner
- Writers
- Alex Buresch
- Languages
- German
- Countries
- Germany
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DIRECTOR
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Directed by Stephan Wagner, shot by Thomas Benesch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
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DIRECTOR
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Editor Susanne Ocklitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
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CAST
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Ulrich Noethen and David Kross and Bernhard Schütz carry the top of the cast.
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WILD
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IMDB entry: tt5431754 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
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WILD
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Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
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Cinephile deep dive
The take
Stephan Wagner directs. Thomas Benesch behind the camera. Susanne Ocklitz cuts. Runs lean at under 100 minutes. Produced in Germany. Dialogue in German.
Trivia
Things worth knowing
- 1Released 10 years ago.
- 2Directed by Stephan Wagner, shot by Thomas Benesch. Note their partnership — DPs and directors often return to each other across a career.
- 3Editor Susanne Ocklitz shaped the rhythm. On an edit-heavy film, the editor does more to control your pulse than the director.
- 4Ulrich Noethen and David Kross and Bernhard Schütz carry the top of the cast.
- 5IMDB entry: tt5431754 — still the authoritative cross-reference for credits and trivia.
- 6Only 16 TMDB ratings — you're getting ahead of the curve on this one.
The technical file
- Cinematography
- Thomas Benesch
- Editing
- Susanne Ocklitz
- Runtime
- 92 min · 1h 32m
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- DE
Also by
Stephan Wagner
Production companies
Who made it
UFA Fiction
DE
SWR
DE
ARD Degeto
DE
SR
DE
BR
DE
Key crew
- ProducerBenjamin Benedict
- ProducerNico Hofmann
- MusicAli N. Askin
- EditorSusanne Ocklitz
Themes & keywords
What it's about, really
- mossad
- nazi
- world war ii
- auschwitz-birkenau concentration camp
- adolf eichmann's trial
Release history · US
When it landed
- Premiere2016-01-19
- TV2016-02-24
