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Labyrinth of Lies
Overview
A young prosecutor in postwar West Germany investigates a massive conspiracy to cover up the Nazi pasts of prominent public figures.
Director and cast
- Giulio Ricciarelli Director
- Alexander Fehling as Johann Radmann
- André Szymanski as Thomas Gnielka
- Friederike Becht as Marlene Wondrak
- Johann von Bülow as Staatsanwalt Otto Haller
- Hansi Jochmann as Sekretärin Schmittchen
- Robert Hunger-Bühler as Oberstaatsanwalt Walter Friedberg
- Gert Voss as Generalstaatsanwalt Fritz Bauer
- Johannes Krisch Cast
- Peter Cieslinski Cast
- Josephine Ehlert Cast
Critics on Rotten Tomatoes
Top critics, in their words
What should have been a fairly direct look at a culture hiding from itself becomes an overdone, angst-everywhere exercise.
The movie reveals so many secrets and twists that it threatens to dilute its message. When a visit to Auschwitz becomes little more than an appreciation of a pretty meadow, the script flirts with banality.
Formulaic and uninspired ...
Big, sturdy, righteous and romantic.
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