The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
2h 15m
Running Time
October 23, 2025Release Date
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (2025)
2h 15m
Running Time
October 23, 2025Release Date
Network & Production Companies
Plot.
Shortly after the end of the Second World War, Josef Mengele, the Nazi doctor who had practiced in the Auschwitz extermination camp, managed to escape from Germany. With the help of SS soldiers and the support of wealthy South American families, he went into hiding in Argentina. From Buenos Aires to Paraguay, with stops in the Brazilian jungle, the so-called Angel of Death organized his methodical disappearance and escaped any form of trial.
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Cast & Crew.
August Diehl
Josef Mengele
Friederike Becht
Martha Mengele
Max Bretschneider
David Ruland
Dana Herfurth
Burghart Klaußner
Heinz K. Krattiger
Jung
Carlos Kaspar
Aelxander Eckstein
Santino Lucci
Jorge
Ramiro Lucci
Luis
Rodrigo Costa Pereyra
Roberto Stammer
Mélanie Biessy
Co-Producer
Max Pavlov
Line Producer
Abigail Honor
Producer
Aksels Millers
Props
Danil Onoprienko
Production Coordinator
Tatyana Dolmatovskaya
Costume Design
Milos Djukelic
Co-Producer
Yan Vizinberg
Producer
Hansjörg Weißbrich
Editor
Felix von Boem
Co-Producer
Nika Stepanova
CastingDirector
Vladislav Opelyants
Director of Photography
Mélanie Dieter
Line Producer
Christopher Cooper
Producer
Suse Marquardt
Casting Director
David Almeida Ribeiro
Sound Mixer
Macarena Basso
Assistant Director Trainee
Lucia Vanya
Second Assistant Director
Matías 'Lucho' Viera
First Assistant Director
Florencia Novas
Second Assistant Director
Majo Pastorino
Third Assistant Director
Kirill Serebrennikov
Screenplay / Director
Olivier Guez
Author
Charles Gillibert
Producer
Ilya Stewart
Producer
Julio Chavezmontes
Co-Producer
Benjamin Lanlard
Line Producer
Svetlana Punte
First Assistant Director / Executive Producer
Misha Bours
Boom Operator
Etienne Haug
Boom Operator
Anna Devillaire
ADR Mixer
Florian Penot
Foley Artist
Simon Peter
Sound Mixer
Olivier Touche
Sound Designer
Micaela Yanes
Boom Operator
Andrei Shindin
Digital Compositor
Julián Cantaro
Gaffer
Alejandro Mazza Iorio
Best Boy Electric
Juan Manuel Muñoz
Key Grip
Ignacio Varela
Grip
Aleksandr Vdovenko
Steadicam Operator
Sofia Sellanes
Makeup Artist
Martina Barreira
Assistant Art Director
Maria Belen Cirio
Production Design / Art Direction
Lyubov Korolkova
Production Design
Vladislav Ogay
Production Design
Adriana Roze
Third Assistant Director
Arturs Zeps
Third Assistant Director
Cecilia Bello
Assistant Art Director
Mareks Bērents
Art Department Coordinator
Liudmila Gadjuk
Art Department Coordinator
Kenneth Giorgi
Graphic Designer
Maria Eugenia Lopassio
Assistant Art Director
Erika Papich
Set Designer
Laura Santos
Set Designer
Bruno Seoane
Props
Martina Uranga
Assistant Art Director
Isabel Pintos
Costume Supervisor
Mariana Dosil
Costume Supervisor
Paula Bresciano
Wardrobe Supervisor
Aaron Baggett
Assistant Editor
Sandris Saulitis
Assistant Editor
Andrey Mesnyankin
Digital Intermediate Colorist
Maria Noel da Cunda
Production Coordinator
Macarena Mieres
Production Assistant
Olivier Père
Co-Producer
Aleksandr Fomin
Producer
Media.
Details.
Release DateOctober 23, 2025
Original NameDas Verschwinden des Josef Mengele
StatusReleased
Running Time2h 15m
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
world war ii
based on a true story
historical drama
1940s
josef mengele
based on real person
biographical drama
Wiki.
The Disappearance of Josef Mengele (German: Das Verschwinden des Josef Mengele) is a 2025 German-language historical drama film written and directed by Kirill Serebrennikov. Based on the 2017 non-fiction novel of the same name by Olivier Guez, it stars August Diehl as Nazi SS doctor Josef Mengele.
The film had its world premiere at the Cannes Premiere section of the 2025 Cannes Film Festival on 20 May 2025.