Journalist and film enthusiast Oliver Ohmann will guide you through this special evening, providing some background to the film beforehand and then leading the audience discussion afterwards.
The Humboldt Library is bringing top-class cinema to the dark winter months: until March, our new film series invites you to enjoy gripping evenings amongst the bookshelves once a month.
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Filmnacht in der Humboldt-Bibliothek: „Der Staat gegen Fritz Bauer“
The series kicks off with the gripping political drama *The People vs. Fritz Bauer* by Lars Kraume, which has won no fewer than six German Film Awards (including the Lola for Best Feature Film) as well as the Audience Award at Locarno.
Germany, 1957. The young Federal Republic is in the midst of the Economic Miracle and would prefer to hush up the horrors of the Nazi era. But public prosecutor Fritz Bauer (Burghart Klaußner) refuses to forget. When a tip-off leads him on the trail of the fugitive Nazi criminal Adolf Eichmann, he sets out to track him down. Supported by the young public prosecutor Karl Angermann (Ronald Zehrfeld), Bauer encounters fierce resistance during his investigations, reaching right up to the highest echelons of politics and the judiciary. A dramatic struggle ensues, pushing both men to their absolute limits.
Journalist and film enthusiast Oliver Ohmann will guide you through this special evening, providing an introduction to the film beforehand and leading the audience discussion afterwards.
Presented by the Association of Berlin’s Public Libraries, the Central and State Library and filmfriend.
Dates
November 2026
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