Overview
- The feature adapts Olivier Guez’s book and screened in Cannes Première in May before its 22 October theatrical release.
- The narrative tracks Mengele’s postwar escape through Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil, noting his 1979 death in Brazil without trial.
- August Diehl’s lead turn draws strong notices for a chilling, restrained embodiment of the fugitive.
- Reviewers emphasize formal gambits, including predominant black‑and‑white with a sudden color sequence for Auschwitz to force confrontation.
- Serebrennikov frames the film as a moral inquiry into the roots of evil, with a key strand focusing on Rolf Mengele’s secret 1977 visit.