Set in 1957 West Germany, the film captures a nation struggling with its own silence. While the country experienced an economic boom, many former Nazis remained in high-ranking government and judicial positions.
12 Aug 2016 — Germany, 1957. Attorney General Fritz Bauer receives crucial evidence on the whereabouts of SS-Obersturmbannführer Adolf Eichmann. YouTube·Cohen Media Group The People Vs. Fritz Bauer (Germany) - Golden Globes
The 2015 historical thriller (original German title: Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer ) dramatizes the true story of West German Attorney General Fritz Bauer and his clandestine efforts to hunt down Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in the late 1950s. Historical and Plot Context
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