The Photographer of Mauthausen

2018 · 111 min · ES · R · 7.0 (646 votes)

Dir. Mar Targarona · Starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández, Adrià Salazar, Eduard Buch, Stefan Weinert · Music Diego Navarro

“Based on an incredible real story”

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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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This is a harrowing, propulsive journey through unimaginable darkness, underscored by a profound sense of urgency. It feels like a testament to the human spirit's resilience, a somber yet courageous fight for truth against overwhelming evil. The atmosphere is tense and historically weighty, demanding quiet reflection on memory and justice.

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