Nichts als die Wahrheit 1999

Name: Nichts als die Wahrheit
Released: 1999-09-23
Cast: Götz George, Kai Wiesinger, Karoline Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Hans Peter Hallwachs

Synopsis:

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.