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The German Doctor (Spanish: Wakolda) is a 2013 historical drama thriller film directed, produced, and written by Lucía Puenzo, based on her own novel Wakolda (2011). [1] The film stars Àlex Brendemühl as Nazi SS officer and physician Josef Mengele , [ 2 ] infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp .
At the same time, Israeli agents are desperately looking to bring THE GERMAN DOCTOR to justice. Based on filmmaker Lucía Puenzo's (XXY) fifth novel, the story follows Josef Mengele, the "Angel of Death," a German SS officer and a physician at the Auschwitz concentration camp, in the years he spent "hiding", along with many other Nazi's, in South America following his escape from Germany.
The German Doctor: Directed by Lucía Puenzo. With Alex Brendemühl, Natalia Oreiro, Diego Peretti, Elena Roger. The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.
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- Drama, History, Thriller
- Lucía Puenzo
- 2014-04-25
Mar 9, 2019 · After the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor with a taste for human experimentation, managed to escape to South America. Lucía Puenzo’s film tells a fictional story about how he (Àlex Brendemühl) tagged along with a small family, even looking after their children, while Mossad agents tried to track him down.
Sep 13, 2013 · Description by Wikipedia. The German Doctor is a 2013 historical drama thriller film directed, produced, and written by Lucía Puenzo, based on her own novel Wakolda (2011). The film stars Àlex Brendemühl as Nazi SS officer and physician Josef Mengele, infamous for performing human experiments in the Auschwitz concentration camp.
- Lucía Puenzo
Apr 22, 2014 · Review: The German Doctor. In Lucía Puenzo’s film, things always feel off balance even as the plot points click all too neatly into place. “He thought I was a perfect specimen—except for my height,” says Lilith (Florencia Bado) in voiceover, describing the reaction of the eponymous character (Alex Brendemühl) when he first encountered ...
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Apr 29, 2014 · In 2013, “The German Doctor,” now in select stateside theaters, screened in Cannes‘ Un Certain Regard before opening to a considerably wide audience in Argentina, Puenzo’s native country ...
