After the Truth

Name: After the Truth
Director: Roland Suso Richter
Released: 1999
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 7.3
Cast: Kai Wiesinger, Götz George, Karoline Eichhorn, Karoline Eichhorn, Doris Schade

1999 · 128 MIN · IMDB 7.3 · 893 VOTES · DIR. Roland Suso Richter

Overview

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.

Dialogue Timeline — 197 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

01:42:49 What was your job?

01:43:40 They were dead the next morning.

01:44:20 The whole building stank faintly of fumes.

01:44:50 Knew... It Wasn't normal.

01:45:35 Thank you, mother.

01:47:13 The worst criminal of all times sits over there.

01:47:49 with his mother's testimony.

01:48:21 Why doesn't he scream in pain for his deeds?

01:49:00 power-hungry psychopaths this country has ever faced.

01:49:50 The Death Angel of Auschwitz! What triumph!

01:50:24 Congratulations, Mr. Mengele.

01:51:18 Every German doctor had a copy.

01:51:51 You know it's not enough. She suffers incredible pain.

01:52:25 She too asks for more.

01:52:54 But We're not talking about a hospital and a dying patient in this trial.

01:53:32 You're a doctor. It's not your fault.

01:54:28 What do you call for?

01:55:11 in Auschwitz belongs to the worst crimes anyone can imagine.

01:56:18 Josef Mengele is guilty.

01:57:42 The best doctors must kill daily.

01:58:49 to assure absolute certainty.

01:59:46 Do you at least see a bit of yourself in me?

Cast & Characters

Kai Wiesinger Peter Rohm Götz George Dr. Josef Mengele Karoline Eichhorn Rebekka Rohm Karoline Eichhorn Brandenburger Doris Schade Hilde Rohm Peter Roggisch Heribert Vogt Bastian Trost Felix Hillmann Peter Rühring Dr. Füglein Michaela Rosen Gunda Friedrichs Hans Peter Hallwachs Medizinsachverständiger Traugott Buhre Dabrowski

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed197

Dialogue density1.5 lines / min

First line01:42:49

Final line01:59:46

Production Record

DirectorRoland Suso Richter

LanguageGerman

IMDb votes893