The People vs. Fritz Bauer
2015, Drama/History, 1h 45m
40 Reviews 500+ RatingsWhat to know
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The People vs. Fritz Bauer draws on real-life events to fuel a propulsive post-WWII thriller whose tension rarely flags despite the story's well-known outcome. Read critic reviews
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General Attorney
Karl Angermann
Ulrich Kreidler

Paul Gebhardt
Victoria
Fräulein Schütt
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Critic Reviews for The People vs. Fritz Bauer
All Critics (40) | Top Critics (14) | Fresh (34) | Rotten (6)
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The result may not be highbrow experimental art cinema, but ... its explicit mission to tell Bauer's story to as many people as it can shouldn't be underrated in the current global political climate.
August 25, 2018 | Full Review… -
A more-or-less successful thriller that can rely for tension on the shadowy setting of a society trying to hide from itself.
October 21, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
Klaussner's powerful performance as Bauer ... snaps the picture back into focus.
September 8, 2016 | Rating: 2.5/4 | Full Review… -
It's a compelling portrait both of Bauer and of a fraught moment in German history.
September 1, 2016 | Rating: 3.5/5 | Full Review… -
Kraume brings muted colors and a claustrophobic, urgent energy to the procedural part of this story, while reminding us that not every moral hero looks like Captain America - in fact, like Bauer, they can be a rumpled, misanthropic mess.
September 1, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review… -
Klaussner's fine performance keeps us on edge through most of the film, even though we know the result.
August 24, 2016 | Rating: 3/4 | Full Review…
Audience Reviews for The People vs. Fritz Bauer
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May 08, 2018Bauer's engagement in hunting down Nazis in the 1950s makes for a pretty interesting plot. Unfortunately, the delivery, especially by camerawork and music is sometimes closer to a TV movie than a motion picture. Same goes for some minor actors. The sleazy journalist or genderbending hooker feel entirely out of place in this story, even though they're probably based on true events. Still, a pretty interesting look at Germany at a time when the country wanted to move on but still had some leftover Nazis in their midst.Jens S Super Reviewer
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