The German Doctor

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The German Doctor

PG-13

2013

1h 33m

Mystery & Thriller

Drama

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An Argentine family unknowingly lives with Josef Mengele, and a young woman falls in love with him.

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The German Doctor applies a refreshing level of restraint to its intriguing premise, and boasts solid performances from a talented cast.

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Bill Stamets

Chicago Sun-Times

08/15/2014

2.5/4

Puenzo's initial premise is more promising, though, than her sensational tone.

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Ben Sachs

Chicago Reader

08/14/2014

Quietly unnerving.

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Jonathan Romney

Observer (UK)

08/10/2014

2/5

Wakolda lies somewhere between a suspense thriller and a delicately atmospheric art film, but is properly effective as neither ...

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Lisa Wright

NME (New Musical Express)

06/16/2021

3.5/5

...gruesome nature is drawn out at a gradual, subtle pace and the result is more glacial thriller than shield-your-eyes horror...

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Julian Lytle

Punch Drunk Critics

01/11/2020

3.5/5

Overall this film is really solid and good. It's worth seeing especially if you're looking for something to see that isn't all loud, CGI-heavy, and full of cartoon characters. The German Doctor is really good, just not great.

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Nicholas Bell

IONCINEMA.com

08/30/2019

A simple and straightforward tale that manages to build a sinister simmer.

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Lanfranco C

@Lanfrancobz 01/27/2025

Remembering the Holocaust

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Mary M

@Sugardollmary 12/19/2023

Gripping despite it being obvious who the German doctor was. I don't know if this story was true or not, but either way, watching the doctor manipulate people to his ends was chillingly fascinating. Scenery was gorgeous. Now I would like to find out more about the postwar Nazi presence in Argentina.

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07/27/2020

Una película que está muy bien dirigida y tiene una trama sólida.

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Paul G

@RT67423558 03/11/2020

A very interesting take on Mengele although it seems to consider him as a compassionate, nice guy - which surely cannot be right. A great film though.

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03/13/2019

The beautiful scenery of Patagonia is captured in this film. The storyline is very interesting without diluting the horror of the Second World War which is left out. It concentrates on the present [1960] and Mengelaâ(TM)s ability to live a relatively good life albeit wanted as a war criminal. Very atmospheric drama well acted and directed with a convincing storyline and period setting.

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09/04/2016

Slightly insubstantial but not unwatchable imagining of post war episode in Mengele's life which rather ends in bathos.

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Synopsis

An Argentine family unknowingly lives with Josef Mengele, and a young woman falls in love with him.

Director: Lucía Puenzo
Producer: Lucía Puenzo, Luis Puenzo
Screenwriter: Lucía Puenzo, Lucía Puenzo
Production Co: Moviecity, Hummelfilm, Wanda Visión S.A., Historias Cinematograficas Cinemania, Pyramide Productions, The Stan Jakubowicz Co.
Rating: PG-13 (Thematic Material|Brief Nudity)
Genre: Mystery & Thriller, Drama
Original Language: Spanish
Release Date (Streaming): Dec 1, 2015
Box Office (Gross USA): $414.9K
Runtime: 1h 33m
Aspect Ratio: Scope (2.35:1)