The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)

Name: The Disappearance of Josef Mengele
Genre: History, Drama
Released: 2025
Duration: 135 min
Rating: 6.6
Cast: August Diehl, Max Bretschneider, David Ruland, Dana Herfurth, Burghart Klaußner

2h 15m Germany, France, Latvia, Mexico, United Kingdom, Uruguay, United States of America

History Drama

Plot

Following the end of World War II, Josef Mengele, the infamous Nazi physician from Auschwitz, flees to South America, seeking to create a new life in secrecy. His son, who eventually tracks him down, forces Mengele to confront the haunting legacy of his past. As they journey from Buenos Aires to Paraguay, with a stop in Brazil, the man infamous as “The Angel of Death” meticulously plots his vanishing act, determined to evade any chance of facing justice for his crimes.

Cast

August Diehl Max Bretschneider David Ruland Dana Herfurth Burghart Klaußner Friederike Becht Carlos Kaspar Heinz K. Krattiger Santino Lucci Ramiro Lucci Rodrigo Costa Pereyra Johannes Hegemann Sven Schelker Christoph Gawenda Mirco Kreibich