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The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018 · 111 min

A harrowing, slow-burning true story of courage and horror, tense and emotionally devastating.

Tagline
Based on an incredible real story
Overview
Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.
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  • darkstrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 3 of 3
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • justice
  • war
  • violence
  • memory
Places
  • prison
  • military
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
  • true story
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence strong
  • Sex none
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Action3
Horror5
Humour1
Realism9
Romance1
Tension7
Darkness9
Complexity6
Emotional weight9

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Details

Genres
drama, history, thriller
Directed by
Mar Targarona
Written by
Roger Danès, Alfred Pérez-Fargas
Starring
Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández, Adrià Salazar, Eduard Buch, Stefan Weinert, Rubén Yuste, Nikola Stojanovic
Music
Diego Navarro
Cinematography
Aitor Mantxola
Runtime
111 min
Country
Hungary, Spain
Languages
French, German, Spanish

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