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The German Doctor

Original title: Wakolda
  • 2013
  • PG-13
  • 1h 33m
IMDb RATING
6.7/10
7.9K
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Alex Brendemühl in The German Doctor (2013)
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The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.

  • Director
    • Lucía Puenzo
  • Writer
    • Lucía Puenzo
  • Stars
    • Alex Brendemühl
    • Diego Peretti
    • Guillermo Pfening
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    • IMDb RATING
    6.7/10
    7.9K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Lucía Puenzo
    • Writer
      • Lucía Puenzo
    • Stars
      • Alex Brendemühl
      • Diego Peretti
      • Guillermo Pfening
    • 34User reviews
    • 91Critic reviews
    • 62Metascore
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 19 wins & 22 nominations

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    Alex Brendemühl
    Alex Brendemühl
    • Mengele
    Diego Peretti
    Diego Peretti
    • Enzo
    Guillermo Pfening
    Guillermo Pfening
    • Klaus
    Alan Daicz
    • Tomás
    Natalia Oreiro
    Natalia Oreiro
    • Eva
    Elena Roger
    Elena Roger
    • Nora Eldoc
    Florencia Bado
    Florencia Bado
    • Lilith
    Nicolas Marsella
    • Polo
    Ana Pauls
    • Enfermera
    Juan I. Martínez
    • Otto
    Carlos Kaspar
    • Dueño de la fábrica
    Abril Braunstein
    • Ailín
    Maria V. Barret
    • Iva
    Benito E. Crespo
    • Cursis
    Sebástian Cáneva
    • Hijo de Cursis
    Hartmut Becher
    • Director de colegio
    Valeria Radivo
    • Professora
    Ricardo Truppel
    • Veterinario
    • Director
      • Lucía Puenzo
    • Writer
      • Lucía Puenzo
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    • Production, box office & more at IMDbPro

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    Storyline

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    • Trivia
      For her role of Eva, actress Natalia Oreiro studied German language for two months prior to shooting. More than half of her dialogs are in fact in German.
    • Goofs
      The film is set in the year 1960, but the four-door Chevrolet Impala he drives throughout the film appears to be a 1965 or later model.
    • Quotes

      Lilith: That is why I chose Wakolda. It was the strangest of them all. Just like me.

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      Swing
      Written by Daniel Tarrab and Andrés Goldstein
      Performed by Laura Zisman

    User reviews34

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    8/10

    He was living there, buried alive.

    A stranger, with a foreign accent, asks if he can follow a family on the road towards the South. The father agrees, though everyone look at him warily. Everyone but Lilith, the 12 year-old girl who looks 8, fascinated by this man fixing his gaze on her.

    Lucia Puenzo is known for exploring difficult and unusual relationships, and this particular feature makes her movies quite appealing. Add to that, beautiful landscapes, solid directing and you've got one of the best thrillers of 2013.

    Also interesting to see, the way South America coped with ex-NSDAP members and how they continued to live and work amidst general indifference.

    Some things seem like never ending, and as such this movie truly acts like a spell.
    • Nat64
    • Mar 29, 2014
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    • Release date
      • April 25, 2014 (United States)
    • Countries of origin
      • Argentina
      • Spain
      • Norway
      • France
    • Official sites
      • Official Facebook
      • Official site
    • Languages
      • Spanish
      • German
      • Hebrew
    • Also known as
      • Wakolda
    • Filming locations
      • Bariloche, Río Negro, Argentina
    • Production companies
      • Historias Cinematograficas
      • Cine.Ar
      • P&P Endemol Argentina
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    Box office

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    • Budget
      • $2,000,000 (estimated)
    • Gross US & Canada
      • $418,392
    • Opening weekend US & Canada
      • $34,259
      • Apr 27, 2014
    • Gross worldwide
      • $3,635,718
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 33 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Dolby Digital

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