After the Truth

Directed by Roland Suso Richter
1999    2h 8m
Drama, Thriller, Crime
7.3
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The infamous Dr. Josef Mengele - the "Angel of Death" of Auschwitz, who killed more than 300,000 people - comes back from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man. He must stand in front of a court for his crimes. A young solicitor named Peter Rohm has to defend him, but 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 his relationship with his wife but also their lives. A fictional story around the non-fiction person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
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Cast of After the Truth
  • Götz GeorgeJosef Mengele
  • Kai WiesingerPeter Rohm
  • Karoline EichhornRebekka Rohm / Brandenburger
  • Doris SchadeHilde Rohm
  • Hans Peter HallwachsMedizinsachverständiger
  • Traugott BuhreDabrowski
  • Stephan SchwartzDaniel Ginsberg
  • Wolfgang DehlerGenetiker
  • Michaela RosenGunda Friedrichs
  • Elsa Grube-DeisterPerl Goldstein
  • Peter RoggischHeribert Vogt
  • Peter RühringDr.Füglein
  • Detlef BotheSiebert
  • Frank RöthDr.Wendler
  • Bastian TrostFelix Hillmann
  • Peer MartinyAdlatus Vogt
  • Jockel TschierschKommissar Wichmann
  • Michael SchenkUntersuchungsrichter Kürten

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