Labyrinth of Lies Page #5

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


Your client is suspected in murder

and will remain in custody.

You should be gased, you bastard.

Gentlemen.

No one thought.

We just had to open our eyes.

Sh*t.

I have one.

- Good day.

- Gosh! I've got sweaty.

-I have forgotten.

- What?

- And? And?

-This, fool. How is this?

-Very nice.

-Rerspect.

-Marlene, we are...

-Come on, the fine people waiting.

Get out.

Come on!

The americans had just to let go.

I was 35 years old with no experience

as a practicing attorney.

And then came my first client

looking for a lawyer

to register a patent.

Free, of course.

Since then we have grown a lot.

- Why were we invited?

-I don't know.

But I have a hunch.

How much potential they have.

-I'm dying of hunger, Walter.

-And me.

Are we going?

I don't like to see a good lawyer

wasting his talent.

I will introduce you to the Dr. Mertens.

Excuse me. Can I ask you a question?

Tell me, where can I buy

a dress like this in Frankfurt?

Ah, this...

In her store, of course.

Do you have a fashion studio?

I'm just starting.

Your fiance? Congratulations.

But you are also awesome.

Respect,

Employee of Prof. Rimmelbacher.

-Correct, isn't it?

-Yes.

You are precisely the person

that I need. Young, enthusiastic.

There is only one propper way

to channel your energy.

-Thank you...

-I know.

You do not have to decide now,

think about it.

You already know where to find me.

Four ladies have ordered dresses

Oh Johann.

That was a wonderful evening.

The prosecutor Radmann.

Mr. Radmann, Mr. Kleiner,

German correspondent

from the Jerusalem Post.

These two gentlemen

are from Israel.

Nice to meet you.

I've asked him to come

because he knows much about Josef Mengele,

including his current residence.

We are cooperating to take

Adolf Eichmann and Josef Mengele

in Argentina and bring them here.

Please share your information

with these gentlemen.

Will you bring us Mengele?

If someone can bring him in,

it's us.

Kleiner is not just a journalist,

right?

No.

Can we trust him?

Who can you trust?

I'm still in exile,

but not in Sweden.

When I leave the office,

I'm at the enemy's territory.

I trust you.

Carefull.

It is not dry yet.

It is beautiful, Simon, thanks.

Johann!

Well,

The big moment has come.

-As new.

-I had always wanted one as well.

To Marlene.

Cheers!

"Dear housewife,

your dream has become a reality:

the new Pfaff Automatik 230,

is the sewing machine

with countless possibilities."

Fantastic, isn't it?

We're on the verge.

We will judge Mengele in Frankfurt.

"make your friends jealous

and your husband happy."

It is amazing

you fall asleep so easily.

Mr. prosecutor is not excited about

a cool sewing machine.

Just closed my eyes

for a moment,

Because I was dazzled by the beauty

of your sewing machine.

Careful, your nose is growing.

A good businessman always

keeps the record.

Of course.

You are wonderful.

Thank you, Joseph.

Mr. Mulka.

A warrant for your arrest.

What is this?

Evidence of wilful murder.

An order of Zyklon B

signed by Robert Mulka.

Haupsturmfhrer, assistant.

It was too long ago, I don't remember.

No need, it's good enough.

We arrest you for aiding and abetting

thousands of murders.

Come with us, please.

Take something, Mr. Attorney General.

Younger every day,

how do you do that?

Cheers!

-It looks good.

-homemade.

Of course, as all the bakers

are fleeing from Mr Radmann...

Where is your sheriff's star?

- What?

- With your Wild West methods

you should wear a cowboy hat

and star of sheriff.

This is unacceptable.

What do you say?

Why do you make a mockery

of our work?

Because this trial is a show,

it is harmful and disgusting

and it has nothing to do with the law.

Of course you will think that.

Come on, say it.

You believe I was also a Nazi.

You are convinced, right?

For Mr Radmann,

everyone is a Nazi.

Why not ask me

what I did in the war?

If you are interested I'll tell you.

Law studies in Heidelberg,

Then the navy,

lieutenant of the seventh fleet.

After the war,

prisoner in France for a year.

Released in August 1946,

I served with honor.

And by the way, I was never

a member of the party.

Do you still want to arrest me?

These men must pay

for their crimes in the court of law.

Of course, the justice

is your exclusive domain.

Accusing a few small fish

while millions remain undisturbed.

What kind of justice is that?

These "small fish" are criminals.

Did you think about the consequences?

Do you want all of the young germans

asking if their fathers are murderers?

Yes, that's what I want.

I want to end the lies

and the silence.

Richard Baer,

the last commandant of Auschwitz.

You're under arrest.

Mr. Kaduk,

You're under arrest.

You held the head of the prisoner

under water until he drowned.

Forced the group to spend night

outside of the barracks in the winter.

Two froze to death.

Dr. Berger, come with us.

In charge of prisoners transportation.

Continued kicking with boots

until he fell dead to the ground.

Shot the child who was

in the arms of the mother.

Both died.

Mr. Rinke.

You're under arrest.

Supplied Zyklon B to the system.

Rushed prisoners with dogs

to the electric fence.

It was not an order,

it was your own initiative.

Start telling the truth.

The arrests of Richard Baer,

the last commandant of Auschwitz,

and Robert Mulka

are the sum of our efforts

to prosecute these crimes.

Prosecutor, I have a question.

- What will be the charges?

-Murder.

Kirsch had a heart attack,

he's in the hospital.

It was close.

I have never said Kaddish.

What do you mean?

In the camp, God...

He was not there.

As I was laying there,

waiting for the doctor

I only thought that I didn't say Kadish

for Ruth and Klara, my girls.

I can't, I can't go back there.

Please, do it for me.

Go to Auschwitz and do it for me.

Say Kadish for them.

You will do it when you get over.

Today I cheated death

for the second time.

Do it for me.

No, I have to deal with

the trial first.

Please.

No, Simon, I don't have time for this.

I have to take care of the trial.

Johann!

Johann!

-They brought Eichmann to Israel.

- What? How?

It's amazing!

Attorney-general.

Good news.

I would have preferred to have you here.

But Bonn refuses

extradition to Israel.

When they bring us Mengele?

Do they have him?

It's like in Frankfurt.

Mengele has left Argentina.

What? Where is he?

There are rumors that he is in Paraguay.

The Mosad has to go and get him.

Sr. Radmann, this is not a catalog

in which orders are placed.

It is much more complicated.

You did not want Eichmann

so we took care of him.

All right, but you have to bring

Mengele to Germany

we will judge him here.

Imagine two deer in a clearing.

If you shoot one,

the other is going.

What do you mean?

Mengele is gone.

Now he is not a priority for us.

But you promised...

Our priority always was Eichmann.

Bauer also.

How?

Eichmann organized the "final solution".

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