The General Case

The General Case

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 2016

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.

The General Case

92 mins | Drama | Feb. 24, 2016

The General Case
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.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers ARD
Original title Die Akte General
Directors Stephan Wagner
Writers Alex Buresch

Cast

Ulrich Noethen

as Fritz Bauer

David Kross

as Joachim Hell

Bernhard Schütz

as Hans Maria Globke

Uwe Bohm

as Efraim Ilani

Godehard Giese

as Staatsanwalt Streuber

Gustav Peter Wöhler

as Ludwig Erhard

Karl Knaup

as Haim Cohn

Manfred Möck

as Isser Harel

Dieter Schaad

as Bundeskanzler Konrad Adenauer

Ronald Kukulies

as Kunze

Hede Beck

as Ilona Schäfer

Nathalie Thiede

as Annette Hell

Lasse Myhr

as Thomas Harlan

Frank Röth

as Georg August Zinn

Rainer Ewerrien

as Wilhelm Fay

Vilmar Bieri

as Adolf Eichmann

Peter Harting

as Herr Koch

Renate Bahm

as Sekretärin von Georg August Zinn

Moritz Führmann

as Werner H.

Attila Borlan

as Oberstaatsanwalt Dr. Krüger

Andrea Vagn Jensen

as Anna Maria

Henry Buchmann

as FBI-Agent

Uwe Keller

as Nachtwächter

Benjamin-Lew Klon

as Mossad-Agent

Dieter Rupp

as Bauers

Natalie Thiede

as Annette Hell

Bernd Würch

as Minister

Jens Kipper

as Wärter