The German Doctor
Nothing is more mysterious than the blood
Nothing is more mysterious than the blood
Drama, Thriller
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2013
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Patagonia, 1960. A German physician meets an Argentinian family and follows them on the long desert road to Bariloche where Eva, Enzo and their three children are going to open a lodging house by the Nahuel Huapi lake. Unaware of his true identity, they accept him as their first guest.
Director:
Cast:
Same Director
Details
Rated:
PG-13
Runtime:
90 min
Release date:
19 May 2013
Country:
AR
Languages:
German, Spanish, Hebrew (modern)
Budget:
$0
Revenue:
$0
Awards:
19 wins & 22 nominations.
Top Critics Reviews
fresh:
Puenzo has a knack for plumbing the heads and hearts of teenage girls. The director coaxes a mesmerizing, unmannered performance out of Bado, who is making her feature-film debut.
– Michael O'Sullivan,
Washington Post,
22 May 2014
fresh:
Puenzo masterfully balances the film's thriller edge with disturbing details about Mengele's obsession with genetic experimentation, as well as the community of German expatriates in Argentina helping old Nazis elude arrest.
– Tom Keogh,
Seattle Times,
22 May 2014
fresh:
This curious, surprisingly safe melodrama fictionalises the postwar life of brutal Nazi surgeon Josef Mengele.
– Tom Huddleston,
Time Out,
5 Aug 2014
fresh:
Quietly unnerving.
– Ben Sachs,
Chicago Reader,
14 Aug 2014
rotten:
Puenzo's initial premise is more promising, though, than her sensational tone.
– Bill Stamets,
Chicago Sun-Times,
15 Aug 2014