In the aftermath of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor at Auschwitz, escapes to South America to rebuild his life in hiding. Through the eyes of his son who finds him again, Mengele is confronted with a past he can no longer ignore. From Buenos Aires to Paraguay via Brazil, the man who became known as “The Angel of Death” will organize his methodical disappearance to avoid any form of trial.
One of the most extraordinary voices in today’s cinema and astounding visual storyteller Kirill Serebrennikov (4 times Cannes Competition-selected in six years with Leto, Petrov’s Flu, Tchaikovsky’s Wife and Limonov) adapts Olivier Guez’s world-reknown best-selling novel The Disappearance of Josef Mengele to bring a singular, daring take on this last century’s gripping tale onscreen. Following fugitive Nazi doctor Josef Mengele across his post-WW2 years in South America and through his confrontation with his son and the ghosts of his past, this challenging yet never-seen before story, reminiscent of the jungle manic fever of Fitzcarraldo and told across multiple decades and countries, will draw audiences to an uncompromising expose of the darkest corner of human soul while delivering a profound and vibrant mirror reflection of our current troubled times.
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The festival takes place in cinemas throughout the Czech Republic.
