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The Photographer of Mauthausen

The Photographer of Mauthausen

Based on an incredible real story

20187.01h 51m

Overview

Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

Directed by Mar Targarona
Written by Alfred Pérez-Fargas, Roger Danès
Produced by Joaquín Padró, Mar Targarona
Box Office0Revenue: $2.7M

Top Cast

Mario Casas

Mario Casas

Francesc Boix

Richard van Weyden

Richard van Weyden

Ricken

Alain Hernández

Alain Hernández

Valbuena

Adrià Salazar

Adrià Salazar

Anselmo

Eduard Buch

Eduard Buch

Fonseca

Stefan Weinert

Stefan Weinert

Ziereis

Rubén Yuste

Rubén Yuste

Rosales

N

Nikola Stojanovic

Bonarewitz

Frank Feys

Frank Feys

'Popeye'

Marc Rodríguez

Marc Rodríguez

Nurse

Themes & Keywords

photographerholocaust (shoah)world war iispanish civil war (1936-39)biographybased on true storyholocaust (shoah) survivorwoman directornazi occupationnazismconcentration camp survivor1940sspanish second republic (1931-39)nazi trialsnazi war criminalspanish republicancine español

About The Photographer of Mauthausen

The Photographer of Mauthausen is a drama, history, thriller film released in 2018 exploring themes of photographer, holocaust (shoah), world war ii, spanish civil war (1936-39), biography, based on true story. Directed by Mar Targarona, it stars Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández. Spanish photographer Francesc Boix, imprisoned in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp, works in the SS Photographic Service. Between 1943 and 1945, he hides, with the help of other prisoners, thousands of negatives, with the purpose of showing the freed world the atrocities committed by the Nazis, exhaustively documented. He will be a key witness during the Nuremberg Trials.

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