

After the Truth (1999)
Overview
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels unable to do so. When he decides to take on the case, he endangers not only his marriage but also his and his wife's lives.
Overview
Famous Nazi doctor Josef Mengele — the 'Death Angel of Auschwitz', who killed more than 300.000 people — emerges from his hideout in Argentina to Germany as a 87-year-old man, and must stand for his crimes in court. The young solicitor Peter Rohm is assigned to defend him, but Rohm himself — an expert on Mengele and his crimes — feels unable to do so. When he decides to take on the case, he endangers not only his marriage but also his and his wife's lives.

Götz George
Josef Mengele

Kai Wiesinger
Peter Rohm

Karoline Eichhorn
Rebekka Rohm / Brandenburger

Doris Schade
Hilde Rohm
Peter Roggisch
Heribert Vogt

Bastian Trost
Felix Hillmann

Peter Rühring
Dr. Füglein

Michaela Rosen
Gunda Friedrichs