Overview
- Diehl says he initially rejected the part before deciding to confront how someone like Mengele could carry out such crimes.
- The film adapts Oliver Guez’s book and centers on Mengele’s years in hiding in South America under Kirill Serebrennikov’s direction.
- Diehl emphasizes that the work should not be taken as a documentary and that aspects of Mengele’s life remain unresolved.
- His portrayal seeks to present a human capable of evil rather than a caricature, encouraging viewers to recognize similar dangers sooner.
- The coverage links the project to ongoing remembrance, citing the established record of Mengele’s atrocities and flight and recent appeals for vigilance in public memory.