Robert Joyner The plot isn't so bad, but the pace of storytelling is too slow which makes people bored. Certain moments are so obvious and unnecessary for the main plot. I would've fast-forwarded those moments if it was an online streaming. The ending looks like implying a sequel, not sure if this movie will get one

Joanna Mccarty Amazing worth wacthing. So good. Biased but well made with many good points.

Sameer Callahan It really made me laugh, but for some moments I was tearing up because I could relate so much.

Asad Almond A clunky actioner with a handful of cool moments.

Horst in Translation ([email protected]) "Nichts als die Wahrheit" (not to be mistaken for the more recent Kate Beckinsale film) is a German movie from 1999, so two more years until this one will have its 20th anniversary. It is based on the novel by Johannes W. Betz and he is also one of the people who worked on the script here. The director is Roland Suso Richter, one of Germany's most known small screen directors and here we have a contender for what is perhaps his most known big screen work. It is a very fictitious work. Yes Dr. Mengele obviously really did exist, but that's all. We get the story of what would have been had he returned to Germany. So half of the film is basically court proceedings. The cast includes Kai Wiesinger in the lead role and Götz George as the cruel Nazi doctor. Huge German film buffs will perhaps recognize more names from the cast. I personally think that they did a good job with depicting Mengele as a cruel know-it-all very intelligent guy and the man who defends him as quite an inexperienced rookie as this also somehow justifies the difference in talent when it comes to George, one of Germany's greatest of all time, and Wiesinger, not one of Germany's greatest of all time. I am still a bit baffled by how he was considered actually a rising star in Germany back then in his early 30s. George was around the age of 60 when he made this film and again received a solid deal of awards attention. And even if I did not like George in here as in many other films, I am still somewhat okay with it.I am not okay with the awards attention for the film though. It is pretty generic with moments like the main character and his family being in physical danger because of him defending the Nazi doc or with a couple other aspects that really did not feel convincing and just for the sake of cheap thrills. There were two of these especially that were eventually negative deal-breakers and both of these come from the last half hour of this 2-hour film. The first would be the central character's mother suddenly ending up in the witness chair in a somewhat desperate attempt by the filmmakers to add a more personal note. And the second would be the final statement by Wiesinger's character where he basically joins the prosecution. Well.. what can you say about that? Sure he was having moral doubts about what he did, but still I personally felt that it made a really cringeworthy impression in being an attempt to finish the film on a most controversial note and also in making Wiesinger's character more likable. But he loses all professional credibility to me in that scene and I also believe that it went so strongly against a whole lot we saw earlier from this character. It just did not make any sense whatsoever. And eventually George also could not make up for these two crucial flaws that finally force me to give this one a thumbs-down. You can maybe call it a poor man's version of the truly excellent "Totmacher", another German movie from the 1990s, 4 years before this one. But back to "After the Truth": It's such a shame they sacrificed realism and authenticity here for controversial unrealistic developments. The general plot idea is a good one and with the cast at their disposal this should have been a way better film than it eventually turned out to be. Watch something else instead.

Bob Taylor Nichts als die Wahrheit is a very entertaining thriller that I caught on TFO. Dr. Mengele, the evil doctor of Auschwitz, did not die in 1979 but instead returns to Germany of his own free will to face trial for his crimes. The man he chooses as his lawyer is not sure he wants to defend such a brutal man, but says that every man deserves a fair trial. There are the usual types of people on one side or another: neo-Nazis, leftwingers, media people. It gets rough--a man is blown up by a car bomb. The courtroom scenes are usually effective; they show us how Mengele's trial would have been an embarrassment for many people in the new Germany had it actually taken place.One actor stands out: Gotz George, who I have never seen before, is terrific and terrifying as Mengele. He uses a soft, breathy voice to sinister effect as he plays cat and mouse with everybody, but especially with Rohm, his lawyer. George is made up to look a little like one of the Hellraiser demons.

LeRoyMarko Excellent movie with Götz George as Mengels. Back in Germany, he's ask about the crimes of the Nazis. Doing that, he questions our own attitude towards crime. It's hard not to get into deep thoughts after seeing «After the truth». The final scene is quiet compelling. It's very interesting to see such a movie coming out in today's Germany.8 out of 10. 85%

BCPMoon The main idea of this movie -J. Mengele returning to Germany to stand trial- is a brilliant one. Götz Georges´ Mengele gives the impression of superiority whereas the german society of the today seems pale, confronted with him. The truth is not in question here, the killings and experiments in Auschwitz are admitted openly and the main character of lawyer Rohm mainly wants to understand, how such crimes were possible and how a man like Mengele justifies them. And Mengele gives an explanation... Up to this point the movie works perfectly but then too many side characters and side plots are developed that I was not really interested in. But the main question, why his crimes are crimes, stays unanswered and the second half of the movie simply pressed the fact that everybody can get guilty when the circumstances are "right". I missed a good (ethical, philosophical) answer to that. It was not enough, simply to repeat that Mengele is guilty no matter what he says in his defense, not in a movie like this. I think the producers did not trust the (german) viewers to think for themselves.