After the Truth

Nichts als die Wahrheit

Germany

1999

128 Min

Color

2.35:1

German, Hungarian

Currently 3.0/5 Stars.
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PROD Martin Heldmann, Werner Koenig

SCR Johannes W. Betz, Hellmut Fulss, Christopher Riley, Kathleen Riley

CAST Kai Wiesinger, Götz George, Karoline Eichhorn, Doris Schade, Peter Roggisch, Bastian Trost, Peter Rühring, Michaela Rosen, Hans Peter Hallwachs, Traugott Buhre, Stephan Schwartz, Heinz Trixner, Detlef Bothe, Volker Risch, Frank Röth, Peer Martiny, Jockel Tschiersch, Michael Schenk, Andreas Wellano, Elsa Grube-Deister, Moutlak Osman, János Gönczöl, Carole Piguet, Zoltan Deme, Ute Lubosch, Rüdiger Kuhlbrodt

MUSIC Harald Kloser, Thomas Wanker

Roland Suso Richter’s award-winning drama presents a provocative “what if” scenario: After years in hiding, Nazi war criminal Dr. Josef Mengele (Götz George) stands trial in Germany for his heinous crimes against humanity. As Mengele defends killing more than 300,000 people as a work of mercy, his attorney, Peter (Kai Wiesinger), is torn between his faith in the legal system and his moral reservations about defending the “Angel of Death.”

Director

Roland Suso Richter

Roland Suso Richter born in 1961, achieved his breakthrough with his first feature-length film for the cinema, “Kolp” (1983). Following its screening at Cannes, the film was invited to numerous international film festivals, was nominated for the German Film Award and the Bavarian Film Award, and went on to win the 1986 Youth Video Prize. “Sven’s Secret” (1994) received countless awards including the 1996 Erich Kaestner Prize and the Rocky Award at the Banff Television Festival.

Richter enjoyed further cinema success with “14 Days to Life” (“14 Tage Lebenslaenglich”, 1997). In 1997, he directed the TV thriller “Buddies”. For his outstanding work as director on “The Bubi Scholz Story” (TV, 1998), he received the Bavarian Television Award. His other films include: “After The Truth” (“Nichts als die Wahrheit”, 1999), which was shown in competition at San Sebastian in 1999, as well as “A Hand Full of Grass” (“Eine Hand voll Gras”, 2000) and “The Tunnel” (2001), both of which screened… read more