"Josef Mengele was a Nazi physician who performed sadistic experiments on Jewish people at the Auschwitz death camp. After the war ended, the so-called "Angel of Death," who was gaining infamy for his murderous exploits in the name of science, managed to evade capture in Germany and escaped to Argentina with the help of former fellow members of the SS the Nazi regime's elite guard. This is the starting point for "The Disappearance of Josef Mengele," a film drama that details the war criminal's successful attempts to escape trial as he moves from Buenos Aires to Paraguay via Brazil."
"Directed by Russian filmmaker, theater director and Vladimir Putin critic Kirill Serebrennikov, the German-language film debuted in May at the Cannes Film Festival and is being released in cinemas across Germany this week. Based on the award-winning 2017 book by French journalist and writer Olivier Guez, the film is a bleak portrait of the roots and consequences of ideological extremism."
""The Disappearance of Josef Mengele" begins in 1956 as the German war criminal is living in exile in Buenos Aires under the name Helmut Gregor. But Israeli secret service (Mossad) agents, West German officials and Nazi hunters are on his trail. Starring August Diehl ("Inglourious Basterds") in the title role, the film shows how money, connections and a chameleon-like talent for disguise helped one of the world's most wanted"
The film follows Josef Mengele, a Nazi physician who escaped postwar Germany to Argentina with SS help and later moved through Brazil and Paraguay. The narrative begins in 1956 with Mengele living in Buenos Aires under the alias Helmut Gregor. Israeli Mossad agents, West German officials and civilian Nazi hunters pursue him while he uses money, connections and disguises to evade capture. The film stars August Diehl and is directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival and opened in German cinemas. The tone portrays the roots and consequences of ideological extremism and postwar networks that sheltered fugitives.
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