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Labyrinth of Lies
Upon learning that many former Nazis returned to their pre-war lives with no penalty due to the conspiracy of prominent German institutions and government branches to cover up their crimes during World War II, an ambitious German prosecutor vows to bring them to justice.
18 November 1953, Freudenstadt, Baden-Württemberg, Germany
1960
1964
1953
11 February 1972, Stuttgart, Germany
9 September 1956, Schwerin, German Democratic Republic
1967
October 15, 2015
Big, sturdy, righteous and romantic.
November 05, 2015
An emotionally affecting and illuminating piece that is beautiful as well as edifying.
September 30, 2016
An eye-opening story about the importance of seeking the truth.
October 22, 2015
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.
June 24, 2016
Fehling, whose face is familiar from Inglourious Basterds and Homeland, has the matinee idol looks to carry a heroic role. But there are several scenes and plot developments that have a schematic, template-like feel to them.
October 09, 2015
The movie is a strong account of a lesser-known episode of post-Holocaust history raised above its obvious cinematic formula by Fehling's anchoring performance and the film's wise approach to the survivors' horrific testimony.
June 23, 2016
Director Giulio Ricciarelli likes to mix things up, adding thriller-like pace and romance to jolly us along. It's such heavy stuff that you thank him for it.
October 22, 2015
Formulaic and uninspired ...
May 30, 2016
A powerful film about guilt and the redemption of the German people after World War II. [Full review in Spanish]
October 05, 2016
This post-Holocaust drama, while admittedly quite engrossing to watch, can't avoid coming across as overly streamlined to offer easy catharsis for a mainstream audience.
October 30, 2015
What should have been a fairly direct look at a culture hiding from itself becomes an overdone, angst-everywhere exercise.

