Based on the life of Frankfurt's attorney general Fritz Bauer and three of his prosecutors. They all were instrumental for the holding of the important 'Auschwitz trials' in 1963.
Official submission of Germany for the 'Best Foreign Language Film' category of the 88th Academy Awards in 2016.
The movie is dedicated to the memory of the actor Gert Voss (1941-2014), who died few months before the release of the film.