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The German Film Festival: The People vs. Fritz Bauer
Film
Past event
Philip Carter Family Auditorium
FREE
This mini-festival, courtesy of the Goethe-Institut, showcases a fine selection of internationally acclaimed films in German with English subtitles including a suspenseful dramatisation of Germany’s postwar history, a haunting exploration of human survival in Fukushima, a refreshing new adaptation of a children’s classic – and much more.
Admission is free – just turn up early to secure your seats.
Twelve years after the end of World War II, lawyer Fritz Bauer receives a letter tipping him off about the whereabouts of Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann. Apparently Eichmann, who escaped capture in 1945, has been spotted in Buenos Aires. Bauer is personally and professionally committed to tracking him down, but powerful members of the new West German establishment are more interested in blocking his efforts. Who else will be incriminated if Eichmann is put on trial? This legal thriller brings to life the political tensions of the postwar era and pays tribute to the historical Fritz Bauer, who committed an act of treason in order to bring Eichmann to justice.
105 mins.
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