The famous Nazi-Doctor Dr. Josef Mengele - the "death angel of Auschwitz", who killed more than 300.000 people - comes back from his hide out in Argentina to Germany as a 87 year old man. He must stand up in front of a court for his crimes. The young solicitor Peter Rohm has to defend him. But Peter Rohm - himself an expert on Josef Mengele and his crimes - feels unable to do this. When he decides to take on the case he endangers not only the relationship to his wife but also their lifes. A fictional story around the non-fictional person of Josef Mengele who died in 1979.
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Götz George as Josef Mengele
Kai Wiesinger as Peter Rohm
Karoline Eichhorn as Rebekka Rohm / Brandenburger
Doris Schade as Hilde Rohm
Hans Peter Hallwachs as Medizinsachverständiger
Traugott Buhre as Dabrowski
Stephan Schwartz as Daniel Ginsberg
Wolfgang Dehler as Genetiker
Michaela Rosen as Gunda Friedrichs
Elsa Grube-Deister as Perl Goldstein
Peter Roggisch as Heribert Vogt
Peter Rühring as Dr.Füglein
Detlef Bothe as Siebert
Frank Röth as Dr.Wendler
Bastian Trost as Felix Hillmann
Peer Martiny as Adlatus Vogt
Jockel Tschiersch as Kommissar Wichmann
Michael Schenk as Untersuchungsrichter Kürten
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