The German Doctor

Samuel Goldwyn Films | Release Date: April 25, 2014

7.4	USER SCORE Generally favorable reviews based on 14 Ratings

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TheDRauchDec 7, 2014

Eh, kinda slight for such a prominent and horrific figure of the holocaust. The film covers one of the least interesting chapters of his exile and delves neither into the psychology, nor the gripping details of his atrocious acts. For most ofEh, kinda slight for such a prominent and horrific figure of the holocaust. The film covers one of the least interesting chapters of his exile and delves neither into the psychology, nor the gripping details of his atrocious acts. For most of the film, Mengele remains to the audience as he does to the little girl he experiments on - a mystery. There are some side plots involving the girl's first experiences at school and a doll-factory venture that ultimately supply no thematic weight to the picture, only serving as filler for when Mengele (the truly magnetic subject here) is not onscreen. Something worth mentioning is that The German Doctor portrays him as both a sadistic villain and a human being (of sorts), which is somewhat true to the testimony of other holocaust accounts. He could be simultaneously caring and warm to the children that became his victims, while also holding no qualms over sending them to the gas chambers and making them suffer through his horrid experimentations. The performances are all-around decent, if somewhat plain. Even the lead performance of Mengele himself comes across as slight, though this may be because the screenplays commitment to historical accuracy over dramatic heft leaves very little room to breathe for all involved. A biopic more encompassing in scope and daring in its presentation could have been quite more effective, but, for what it is, The German Doctor still gets by (barely) through sheer watchability.… Expand

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