My Father(2003)
My Father, Rua Alguem 5555
A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
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Wolfgang Weinert
Magdalena Weinert
Jens Keitel
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A man who grew up an orphan finally gets to meet his father: The psychopath Dr. Josef Mengele, the Auschwitz surgeon who performed genetic experiments on concentration camp refugees during WWII.
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2003-09-01
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