LABYRINTH OF LIES

Genre: Historical Drama
Year of Production: 2013/2014
Co-Producers: naked eye filmproduction, Sabine Lamby
Distribution: Universal Pictures International Germany
Director: Giulio Ricciarelli

Screenplay: Elisabeth Bartel
Casting: An Dorthe Braker
Director of Photography: Martin Langer, Roman Osin
Editing: Andrea Mertens
Score/ music: Niki Reiser, Sebastian Pille
Production Design: Manfred Döring
Costume Design: Aenne Plaumann
Make-up Artist: Verena Weißert, Judith Müller

Frankfurt 1958: nobody wants to look back to the time of the National Socialist regime. Young prosecuting attorney Johann Radmann comes across some documents that help to initiate the trial against some members of the SS who served in Auschwitz. But both the horrors of the past and the hostility against his work bring Johann to the point of meltdown. It is nearly impossible for him to find his way through this maze; everybody seems to have been involved or guilty.

Alexander Fehling, André Szymanski, Gert Voss, Johann von Bülow, Friederike Becht, Hansi Jochmann, Robert Hunger-Bühler, Johannes Krisch, Lukas Miko, and many more…

Awards:
Bavarian Film Award for Best Leading Actor Alexander Fehling 2014
Festival International du Film d’Histoire Pessac: Jury Prize, Student Jury Prize, Audience Award
Festival du Cinéma Européen des Arcs: Audience Award
EPD Film Readers’ Choice Award Best German Film 2014
Palm Springs Audience Award 2016
Nominated for the GERMAN FILM AWARD 2015
Shortlist – German entry for the OSCAR 2016

Festivals:
World premiere at the Toronto International Film Festival 2014,
Zurich Film Festival 2014,
Festival International du Film d’Histoire Pessac 2014,
Festival Du Cinéma Européen des Arcs 2014,
Valenciennes International Action and Adventure Film Festival 2015,
Hong Kong International Film Festival 2015,
Wiosna Filmow Film Festival 2015,
Cinepolitica International Film Festival 2015,
Jeonju International Film Festival 2015

Hessen Invest Film, FFF Bayern, FFA, DFFF, Bayerischer Bankenfonds