The General Case (2016)
Overview
In the young Federal Republic of Germany, which in the late 1950s in politics and justice is still interspersed with only superficially purified Nazi cliques, leads the Hessian Attorney General Fritz Bauer a lonely fight against the coverup of Nazi crimes and the restorative policy of the government Adenauer - he is firmly convinced that only in this way can the young democracy be consolidated. Not only his attitude, but also his temperament make Bauer vulnerable, again and again resistance forms from politics, intelligence services and the judiciary against the lone fighter.
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| Budget | $0.00 |
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| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | de |
| Popularity | 0.394 |
Directed By
Stephan Wagner
Crew
Stephan Wagner
Benjamin Benedict
Nico Hofmann
Thomas Benesch
Alex Buresch
TOP CAST
Ulrich Noethen
Fritz Bauer
David Kross
Joachim Hell
Bernhard Schütz
Hans Maria Globke
Uwe Bohm
Efraim Ilani
Godehard Giese
Staatsanwalt Streuber
Gustav Peter Wöhler
Ludwig Erhard
Karl Knaup
Haim Cohn
Manfred Möck
Isser Harel
Dieter Schaad
Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer
Ronald Kukulies
Kunze
Hede Beck
Ilona Schäfer
Nathalie Thiede
Annette Hell
Lasse Myhr
Thomas Harlan
Frank Röth
Georg August Zinn
Rainer Ewerrien
Wilhelm Fay
Vilmar Bieri
Adolf Eichmann
Peter Harting
Herr Koch
Renate Bahm
Sekretärin von Georg August Zinn
Moritz Führmann
Werner H.
Attila Borlan
Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Krüger
Andrea Vagn Jensen
Anna Maria
Henry Buchmann
FBI-Agent
Uwe Keller
Nachtwächter
Benjamin-Lew Klon
Mossad-Agent
Dieter Rupp
Bauers
Bernd Würch
Minister
Jens Kipper
Wärter
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