El fotógrafo de Mauthausen (2018)

Based on real events, Francesc Boix is a Spaniard inmate in the Nazi concentration camp of Mauthausen in Austria who tries to save the evidences of the horrors committed inside its walls.

Director:

Mar Targarona

Writers:

Roger Danès, Alfred Pérez Fargas

Stars:

Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández

4 wins & 10 nominations.

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Mario Casas	...	Francesc Boix
Richard van Weyden	...	Paul Ricken
Alain Hernández	...	Valbuena
Adrià Salazar	...	Anselmo
Eduard Buch	...	Fonseca
Stefan Weinert	...	Franz Ziereis
Nikola Stojanovic	...	Bonarewitz
Rubén Yuste	...	Rosales
Frank Feys	...	Popeye
Marc Rodríguez	...	Enfermero
Albert Mora	...	Músico
Joan Negrié	...	Lejías
Luka Peros	...	Karl Schulz
Rainer Reiners	...	Poschacher
Toni Gomila	...	Francisco

Storyline

1943. With the World War II in the maximum exchange of hostilities, life is too merciless and cruel for the inmates who live in the camp of Mauthausen, where between others they are the soldiers who fought and lost in the Spanish Civil War, exiled from Spain by General Franco after to won the war, considering them as no men's land and gifted to Third Reich as free workforce. In this scenery of eternal horror and brutality caused by the Nazis and the Kapos (violent inmates who work as guards to keep the order), young Francesc Boix tries to survive in the camp working as photographer being Paul Ricken's right-hand, Mauthausen's warden. Boix's daily life taking photos, talking with another inmates as Balbuena and Fonseca and making files of the dead inmates who died in failed escapes changes after to realize in an amateur radio created by them that the Third Reich have loss against Soviet Army in the Battle of Stalingrad. Fearing that Ricken and the rest of the Nazis make disappear all ...

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Plot Keywords:

nazi | prisoner | execution | cremation | spanish civil war | 

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | Thriller

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Country:

Spain

Language:

Spanish

Release Date:

26 October 2018 (Spain)

Also Known As:

El fotógrafo de Mauthausen

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company Credits

Production Co:

FilmTeam, Institut Català de les Empreses Culturals (ICEC), Instituto de la Cinematografía y de las Artes Audiovisuales (ICAA)

Technical Specs

Runtime:

110 min

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

The party scene is supposed to be set in Austria in spring, however it was shot in Budapest during winter. It snowed heavily the previous day and the art department had to melt the snow before the shoot.

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Goofs

There is a Volkswagen Beetle car painted black used by the Nazis. The model shown in the movie has a wide rear window which was not introduced to this car until the late 1950s. Also, it would not be entirely correct to use this car as used in the movie because the initial production from 1941 to 1945 consisted of only a handful of units.

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Quotes

Paul Ricken: A good photographer must know how to paint with light.
Francesc Boix: That is cheating.
Paul Ricken: This is art.
Paul Ricken: Some pictures have to be touched up. Some others, only the staging. Human beings are malleable.

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Connections

Featured in Premios Goya 33 edición (2019)

User Reviews

An extremely underrated film. A must watch.

A film that brilliantly portays the true horrors committed by the Nazis and how the victims fought back. The filmography is quite elegant and so was the acting. The 6.5 rating(at the time of writing) is quite an understatement.