The People vs. Fritz Bauer

2015 film directed by Lars Kraume
Movie film Q21029656
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Summary

The People vs. Fritz Bauer is a film[1]. It ranks in the top 4% of film entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (1,971 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Director: Lars Kraume[3]
  • Screenwriter: Lars Kraume[4], Olivier Guez[5]
  • Composer: Julian Maas[6], Christoph Kaiser[7]
  • Genre: biographical film[8], drama film[9]
  • Cast member: Burghart Klaußner[10], Ronald Zehrfeld[11], Sebastian Blomberg[12], Jörg Schüttauf[13], Lilith Stangenberg[14], Laura Tonke[15], Götz Schubert[16], Nicole Johannhanwahr[17], Robert Atzorn[18], Matthias Weidenhöfer[19], Rüdiger Klink[20], Paulus Manker[21], Michael Schenk[22], Dani Levy[23]
  • Producer: Thomas Kufus[24]
  • Director of photography: Jens Harant[25]
  • Original language of film or TV show: German[26]
  • Commons category: Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer[27]
  • Distribution format: video on demand[28]
  • Review score: 85%[29], 7.4/10[30], 61/100[31]
  • Color: color[32]
  • Country of origin: Germany[33]
  • Publication date: October 1, 2015[34], November 24, 2016[35]
  • Distributed by: Cirko Film[36]
  • Narrative location: Germany[37]
  • Official website: http://www.derstaatgegenfritzbauer.de/[38]
  • Film editor: Barbara Gies[39]
  • Participant in: 29th European Film Awards[40]
  • Nominated for: European Film Award for Best Actor[41]
  • Title: Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer[42]
  • MPA film rating: R[43]
  • FSK film rating: FSK 12[44]
  • Duration: 105 minutes[45]
  • NMHH film rating: Category III[46]

Why It Matters

The People vs. Fritz Bauer has Wikipedia articles in 15 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[47] It is known by 21 alternative names across languages and contexts.[48]

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  14. [16] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  15. [17] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  16. [18] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [19] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [20] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  19. [21] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  20. [22] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  21. [23] ↑ . IMDb. Retrieved . imdb.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  22. [24] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  23. [25] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  28. [30] ↑ . Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  29. [31] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  30. [32] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  31. [33] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  32. [34] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  33. [35] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  34. [36] ↑ . nmhh.hu. nmhh.hu. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  35. [37] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  36. [38] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  37. [39] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  38. [40] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  39. [41] ↑ . europeanfilmacademy.org. Retrieved . europeanfilmacademy.org. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  40. [42] ↑ . Filmdienst. Retrieved . filmdienst.de. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  41. [43] ↑ . filmratings.com. filmratings.com. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  42. [44] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  43. [45] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  44. [46] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [47] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [48] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  5. 10w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-08-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
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  7. 16w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-25 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Publication date → +2015-10-01T00:00:00Z, +2016-11-24T00:00:00Z
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