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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.Read moreLess
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.
The story
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.
Cast & crew
Ulrich NoethenFritz Bauer
David KrossJoachim Hell
Bernhard SchützHans Maria Globke
Uwe BohmEfraim Ilani
Godehard GieseStaatsanwalt Streuber
Gustav Peter WöhlerLudwig Erhard
Karl KnaupHaim Cohn
Dieter SchaadBundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer
Ronald KukuliesKunze
Nathalie ThiedeAnnette HellExplore the crew
- Director
- Stephan Wagner
- Writer
- Alex Buresch
- Producer
- Nico Hofmann
- Producer
- Benjamin Benedict
- Director of Photography
- Thomas Benesch
- Editor
- Susanne Ocklitz