The People vs. Fritz Bauer
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.
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Cast
36 people
Burghart Klaußner
Fritz Bauer
Known for
Good Bye, Lenin!
The White Ribbon
Ronald Zehrfeld
Karl Angermann
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Phoenix
Sebastian Blomberg
Ulrich Kreidler
Known for
Anatomy
The Silence
Jörg Schüttauf
Paul Gebhardt
Known for
Bad Banks
Never Look Away
Lilith Stangenberg
Victoria
Known for
Wild
Dying
Laura Tonke
Ms. Schütt
Known for
The Island
Amrum
Götz Schubert
Georg-August Zinn
Known for
Generation War
The Resistance Banker
Cornelia Gröschel
Charlotte Angermann
Known for
Freaks - You're One of Us
Robert Atzorn
Charlottes Father
Known for
From the Life of the Marionettes
Scene of the Crime
Matthias Weidenhöfer
Zvi Aharoni
Known for
Barbarians
Rüdiger Klink
Heinz Mahler
Known for
Babylon Berlin
Blackout: Tomorrow Is Too Late
Paulus Manker
Friedrich Morlach
Known for
My Twentieth Century
Benny's Video
Lars Kraume Director · Olivier Guez Screenplay Christoph Kaiser Composer
Worldwide gross $148K · First release August 7, 2015 · Produced in Germany
Box office
Worldwide gross
$148,461
Production
Zero One Film
Production
Terz Film
Production
ARTE
Production
ARD
Production
Hessischer Rundfunk
Production
Westdeutscher Rundfunk
Production
Germany
Produced in
Languages
Original title
Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer
Original language
German
Spoken on screen
English · German · Spanish · Yiddish
Release dates
Switzerland · August 7, 2015
Premiere
Germany · October 1, 2015
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Austria
October 9, 2015 · Digital
Belgium
April 20, 2016 · Theatrical
Canada
September 13, 2015 · Theatrical
Denmark
September 1, 2016 · Theatrical
France
April 13, 2016 · Theatrical
Greece
January 19, 2017 · Theatrical
Italy
April 28, 2016 · Theatrical
Japan
October 16, 2016 · Digital
Netherlands
March 18, 2016 · Premiere · MOVIES THAT MATTER film festival in The Hague, Netherlands
April 28, 2016 · Theatrical
September 16, 2016 · Physical · DVD
May 5, 2018 · TV · NPO2
Spain
April 29, 2016 · Theatrical
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