Prompted by a tip from a reporter, he discovers that certain prominent institutions and branches of government are entangled in a conspiracy to cover up the crimes of Nazis during World War II. Johann Radmann (Alexander Fehling of Inglourious Basterds and Young Goethe in Love) is a young prosecutor trying to climb the ladder in a major law firm, eager for more important work than his caseload of traffic violations. Paralleling personal drama with issues of a national scale, Labyrinth of Lies opens our eyes to the ways in which we allow ourselves to forget events that we find too painful to acknowledge.įrankfurt, 1958. This auspicious feature-film debut from filmmaker Giulio Ricciarelli is a lucid and compelling look at postwar Germany. Script: Giulio Ricciarelli, Elisabeth BartelĬast: Alexander Fehling, André Szymanski, Friederike Becht, Johannes Krisch, Hansi Jochmann, Gert Voss
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