Labyrinth of Lies (2014)

• Year: 2014
• Released: 06 Nov 2014
• Country: Germany
• Adwords: 6 wins & 18 nominations
• IMDb: https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3825638/
• Rotten Tomatoes: https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/labyrinth_of_lies
• Metacritics: https://www.metacritic.com/movie/labyrinth-of-lies
• Available in: 720p, 1080p,
• Language: German, English, Hebrew, Latin
• MPA Rating: R
• Genre: Drama, History
• Runtime: 124 min
• Writer: Elisabeth Burghardt, Giulio Ricciarelli, Amelie Syberberg
• Director: Giulio Ricciarelli
• Cast: André Szymanski, Alexander Fehling, Friederike Becht
• Keywords: based on true story, world war ii, investigation, nazi, lawyer,

	7.3/10
	62/100
	82% – Critics
	77% – Audience

Labyrinth of Lies Storyline

In late-1950s Frankfurt–in the aftermath of the shocking Nuremberg trials, thirteen long years after the end of WWII, and with Germany eager to return to normalcy–the idealistic and ambitious young public prosecutor, Johann Radmann, daringly accepts a case about a Waffen SS guard in Auschwitz. Now–as more than 8,000 people worked at the nightmarish death camp, and with the infamous war criminal, Josef Mengele, enjoying a tranquil life in Argentina–the righteous attorney undertakes the herculean task to unearth evidence in the mounds of dusty files at the U.S. Army Document Center. Teachers, doctors, lawyers, workers, neighbours, and fathers, almost everybody has a skeleton in the closet. What will it take to find the truth in the labyrinth of silence?

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Superb German film on the man who put the Nazi’s on trial for Auschwitz

Based on the true story of a young Public Prosecutor from Frankfurt named Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling – ‘Inglorious Basterds’). He encounters a survivor of Auschwitz and a journalist who want to bring the perpetrators of the atrocities that took place there to trial. The problem is that Germany seems to not want to rake over the coals of the past and there are former Nazi’s everywhere who just don’t care.

What follows are the travails he and his friends go through in order to do something, try to build a case and wake the German people from their wilful apathy towards the war. We also have his personal life and that of those around him and who are swept up in the investigation.

This is an extremely well made film, the story is completely gripping and I loved the period detail too. It does not sugar coat what took place but is also not horrific in terms of the graphic abuse that sadly occurred, especially at the hands of Mengele and co. It is very moving in places and features some truly excellent performances especially Fehling and his love interest Friedrike Becht (‘Hannah Arendt’)who plays Marlene – it is in German with very good subtitles and runs for 123 minutes and is one that is very easy to recommend indeed.

compelling history needs more drama

It’s 1958 Frankfurt, West Germany. Johann Radmann is a young by-the-books prosecutor toiling in traffic court and believing his father to be anti-Nazi. Reporter Thomas Gnielka brings the case of Charles Schulz, a teacher suspected of being a Nazi guard in Auschwitz. Nobody cares about what happened there and actively ignores the collective Nazi past. He starts a relationship with Marlene Wondrak. Gnielka introduces him to camp survivor Simon Kirsch. Radmann starts digging into the past and building a case against many. His main obsession is camp doctor Josef Mengele who experimented on the prisoners.

The history is very compelling. However, the story lacks danger or intensity. It needs some additional drama. There is some professional and personal drama but none of it is that intense. The production and acting is first rate. It is a very compelling watch although there are no big surprises.

Sometimes We Need to Look Within Ourselves

In 1958, the German people had very little knowledge of the death camps of World War II. A Jew, whose children were experimented upon, demands to be heard but is ignored by the legal system. A young lawyer hears his pleas but doesn’t know what he can do. When he proposes action, he is ignored or scolded by those that would be of the most help. He finds a small group of people that are working on the cases in the camps. He wants the big fish, Joseph Mengele, and forgets about those who were in the SS or who acted like savages in the camps. This is about a man who is so driven that he can’t come to grips with the idea that most of the country were Nazis, including those close to him. He get very emotional in his all-or-nothing quest and alienates people. He even dismisses the children of Nazis, even if they had nothing to do with anything. He is angry with all of Germany but doesn’t ask why this all happened. This is a film about seeing what is most important in our lives–what can be changed and what can’t. The ultimate trial proved to be one of the most important in modern history.