''After the Truth'' (german: Nichts als die Wahrheit) is a 1999
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Auschwitz
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The film, starring
Götz George
Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''.
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as Mengele and
Kai Wiesinger
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Wiesinger began taking private acting lessons as a teenager. After his civil service, he became an acting student in Munich. He has been active on German television and in film ...
as his lawyer, is based on the original English-language screenplay by American writers Christopher and Kathleen Riley. The German title translates to "Nothing but the truth".
Synopsis
The infamous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele, who performed unethical medical experiments and is considered to be personally responsible for the selection of mass groups of detainees to be murdered in the gas chambers at the Auschwitz concentration camp, comes back from his hideout in
Argentina
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as an 87-year-old man who is in his last days. Back in Germany, he must face trial for his crimes. Peter Rohm, a young solicitor and expert on Mengele, has to defend him. But Rohm feels unable to do so; when he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their very lives.
While the entire world looks on the Mengele trial, Rohm learns that the history of his own family has a closer connection with the Nazis' genocide than he ever had suspected.
Production
Götz George
Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''.
Early lif ...
was also a co-producer of the film, which had problems finding financial support. The actor invested heavily to see the film completed.
Cast
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Kai Wiesinger
Kai Wiesinger (born 16 April 1966) is a German actor.
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Wiesinger began taking private acting lessons as a teenager. After his civil service, he became an acting student in Munich. He has been active on German television and in film ...
as Peter Rohm
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Götz George
Götz George (; 23 July 1938 – 19 June 2016) was a German actor, the son of actor couple Berta Drews and Heinrich George. His arguably best-known role is that of Duisburg detective Horst Schimanski in the TV crime series ''Tatort''.
Early lif ...
Karoline Eichhorn
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Eichhorn went to a Waldorf education, Waldorf school in Stuttgart, graduated in 1986, and then attended the Folkwang University of th ...
as Rebekka Rohm
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Doris Schade
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as Hilde Rohm
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Peter Roggisch
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as Chief Prosecutor Heribert Vogt
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as Dr. Füglein
* Michaela Rosen as Judge Gunda Friedrichs
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Heinz Trixner
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as Müller
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as Siebert
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as Prosecutor
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Frank Röth
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as Adlatus Vogt
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as Commissioner Wichmann
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