Labyrinth of Lies Page #2

Synopsis: The year is 1958. The war has been over for thirteen years and the Federal Republic of Germany is not only recovering but even booming. But where are the Nazis? Who has ever heard of the death camps? It looks as if everything is for the best in the best of all possible worlds in this land of milk and honey - At least, until the day journalist Thomas Gnielka reports on the recognition by a German-Jewish artist of a local schoolteacher, a former guard at the Auschwitz concentration camp - At least, until Johann Radmann, a young prosecutor, decides to investigate the case - Nobody knows it yet but this is the dawn of a new era. Even if the road to awareness will be long and rocky.
Genre: Drama, History
Director(s): Giulio Ricciarelli
Production: Claussen Wöbke Putz Filmproduktion
  6 wins & 18 nominations.
 
IMDB:
7.3
Metacritic:
62
Rotten Tomatoes:
81%
R
Year:
2014
124 min
Website
106 Views


Did you leak it?

No.

- But why the ministry did not...

-Do not be naive.

Do you think that the Nazis disappeared

after the death of Hitler?

I assure you that it's not the case.

This is not the case.

But we can not allow

him to teach children.

We have to bring him to justice.

But serving in a camp is not a crime.

Even though it is embarrassing.

Anyway, all crimes would have

prescribed three years ago.

Except for the murder.

But is there any?

Any concrete murder?

Any particular victim?

Open your eyes, mr. Radmann.

The civil service is full of Nazis,

small and large fish.

And none of them have anything to fear.

The new evening edition!

The new evening edition!

Khrushchev renewed the ultimatum!

the 14th anniversary of Hiroshima!

- Have you gone mad?

-The article hit the nail on the head.

-I will sue you for stealing my report.

-I sh*t in fear.

I almost got fired!

You should be ashamed!

I'd be ashamed not to publish

such type of stories.

I don't understand. How can he

keep all this in secret?

How? It is easy to. They all did

the same thing, as Schulz.

Came home, hung the uniform

and continued as if nothing happened.

No one asks

because nobody wants to know.

Are you free this evening? Sorry.

Sometimes we the journalists skip

the rules.

Please feel free to stop.

There will be beautiful girls,

sausages and beer.

Not necessarily in that order.

Typical man. They need water.

I Am Inge. The beer is there.

Thanks.

First class, huh?

Come, I will introduce you.

I can do it myself.

Friends and fighters, I've discovered

a very rare specimen.

A lawyer who still has a spark of humanity

under the armor.

-You are indeed a poet.

-Thank You, Simon.

Please, wellcome him

to our anarchist circle,

so the spark become

an intense open flame.

That's theft, isn't it?

Do not you think to arrest me?

A small theft.

The would get 4-6 weeks in jail .

Don't you have a heart.

You always like that?

Why don't you find out?

Maybe you're right.

It's chocking.

-We must take Simon home.

-I'll drive him.

You're too drunk.

I can drive.

They are nice people, aren't they?

I saw it right away.

What do you mean?

Pretty young lady, lovely cutie,

sweetheart, sugarpants.

And Marlene likes you.

He really was in the camp?

Yes, but doesn't talk about it.

"The angel of death."

The first picture he painted

after Auschwitz.

Incredible, he's eligible for

compensation, but he does not want it.

That darn money!

We should proof those idiots

he was in Auschwitz.

Can I do something?

Yes, you can help.

Here must be something somewhere.

Nothing.

Get down that suitcase.

But I can't...

No!

Let me do it.

Bingo.

What are you doing?

We are helping you.

How you dare?

Simon.

I don't want your help.

You have no right

poking around in my things.

-Simon.

-Out!

Out!

Out!

He's a stubborn dog.

But at least

we found something.

-Perhaps something for everyone here.

Nothing here.

Neither here.

This has a header of

Auschwitz concentration camp.

Look at this.

"shot on the run."

And?

"Shot on the run"

means murder.

And here are the names

of the killers.

The order above all.

Amazing, isn't it?

Come with me.

Sorry for the inconvenience,

but I think that is important.

These are official documents of Auschwitz.

The SS men who shot prisoners.

Watch:
"Schmidt, Milde, Siebert..."

It's an evidence, right?

Come in.

Where did you get that?

From an Auschwitz survivor.

Well.

That's a good start.

- What?

There are crimes, perpetrators,

victims, dates.

The attorney can act.

We can investigate.

What's there to investigate?.

We have the names.

You must stop the killers.

Don't be stupid, Sr. Gnielka.

That is not enough yet.

Mr. Attorney General, if possible,

I would like to get involved.

I would like to help.

You will not help, Mr. Radmann.

You will lead the investigation.

And no more articles in the meantime.

You will warn the suspects.

Agree.

Gentlemen,

if we succeed to accuse

these men in Germany

it would be extraordinary.

Schmittchen!

What's up?

- No more traffic offenses.

A new life begins.

-I don't know what you want.

-We took some of the documents.

There was a list.

I need to know where it's from.

Was it in the suitcase?

I have no idea.

The release was chaotic,

we took what we could.

Why do you ask?

I am investigating the crimes

in Auschwitz.

Did you witness

any crimes during your stay?

My "stay"?

- This Schulz, what did he do?

He was an SS pig

Have you seen him killing someone?

No.

I need witnesses, Mr. Kirsch.

You have to testify.

What for?

Look around.

Skirts, "pack me a swimsuit",

pink and sky blue.

The country wants sugar glaze.

doesn't want the truth.

I have to work.

Here are the names

of the suspects.

We need their whereabouts.

In summary, they were in a camp

in Poland during the war

and the police has to find them

for killing people.

But they were soldiers.

Was it not their duty?

You will hear from me.

Good morning.

Who is going to pursue

the illegal parking now?

Location?

Still alive?

Speed ticket.

Fine 100 D-Mark.

-Inge, lend me 100 D-Mark.

-You deserve it!

But I don't have money, Radmann.

So you lose.

The prosecutor has no mercy.

-There are people who deserve to be punished.

-And you punish them all.

Only those who deserve it.

Who hears my plea

and lends me money?

I made a house on the Goethe street

and I have my fashion workshop.

So I can stop sewing curtains

to Ms. Brettschneider.

Oh, no!

Here's a fair punishment!

Nothing happened, children.

Show yourself, you cowards!

I won't shut up!

- I write what I want!

-Thomas, are you crazy?

Gnielka, please!

I told you that the article

hit the nail on the head.

Now you see?

They're everywhere.

I want the addresses of

the survivors, it's important.

You pay them a reparation,

So you have their address.

No, I'll pick you up myself.

Yes. Until then.

Schmittchen, take a dictation,

please.

Hermann Langbein is the president

of the association of survivors.

Send him a telegram.

Dear Mr. Langbein...

-Mr. Langbein.

-Mr Radmann.

Thank you for coming.

Where is the witness?

Mr. Bichinsky, what are you waiting for?

Schmittchen, the first witness.

Mr. Bichinsky was

in Auschwitz for two years.

Yes, I was there

since August, 1943

until we were liberated by the Russians

in January of 1945.

Continue, please.

Do you recognize the names on the list?

No.

- Neither one? Are you sure?

-Yes.

Can you testify about

the crimes committed in the camp?

Yes. I can.

Hundreds of thousands

of people were killed.

We will need the names

of the victims.

Haven't you heard him?

Hundreds of thousands, it was a factory.

How can he know the names?

Well.

Then I will write

"victims unknown".

My wife and my son

were murdered there.

Sorry.

Can you give me the date

when it happened?

The SS did not give us a calendar.

What do you think that Auschwitz was?

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