Overview
In the darkest depths of a Nazi concentration camp, a young photographer fights to expose the truth.
Ember's analysis
- Pacing
- Brisk
- Intensity
- Extreme
- Complexity
- Easy to follow
- Violence
- Graphic
- harrowing
- oppressive
- tense
- historical film night
- serious cinema viewing
What critics said
Critics broadly regard the film as a compelling and emotionally forceful account of Francesc Boix's resistance, strengthened by its historical urgency and performances.
What sets it apart
May contain story progression spoilers
Francesc Boix risks his life to preserve negatives documenting SS atrocities in Mauthausen.
Boix conceals photographic evidence while Nazi authorities order the camp records and images destroyed.
The prisoners include Spanish Civil War soldiers exiled after Franco's victory and abandoned to the Third Reich.
Boix's assigned photography and filing of dead inmates become a record of camp brutality rather than neutral documentation.
Films like The Photographer of Mauthausen, and why
Son of Saul
shared historical drama, concentration-camp setting, documentary evidence, and resistance under Nazi persecution
The Pianist
shared Holocaust subject, moral courage, historical testimony, and a protagonist trying to preserve lives amid Nazi brutality
The Counterfeiters
shared true-story historical drama, Nazi persecution, clandestine resistance, and preservation of evidence
Anthropoid
shared World War II setting, survival thriller tension, political imprisonment, and testimony against fascism
Movie Details
- Director
- Mar Targarona
- Release Date
- 2018-10-26
- Runtime
- 111 min
- Rating
- 6.9 / 10 (766)
Cast
- Mario Casas
- Richard van Weyden
- Alain Hernández
- Adrià Salazar
- Eduard Buch
- Stefan Weinert
- Rubén Yuste
- Nikola Stojanovic
- Frank Feys
- Marc Rodríguez
Where to watch in United States
- Streaming
- Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads
Streaming options come from TMDB and change over time.
Common questions
- What is The Photographer of Mauthausen about?
- A Spanish political exile imprisoned at Mauthausen turns his forced photography into a perilous mission to preserve proof of Nazi crimes.
- What is The Photographer of Mauthausen like to watch?
- Ember's analysis rates the pacing of The Photographer of Mauthausen as brisk, its intensity as extreme and its storytelling as easy to follow.
- Is The Photographer of Mauthausen violent?
- Yes. Ember rates the violence in The Photographer of Mauthausen as graphic.
- What did critics think of The Photographer of Mauthausen?
- Critics broadly regard the film as a compelling and emotionally forceful account of Francesc Boix's resistance, strengthened by its historical urgency and performances.
- Which films are like The Photographer of Mauthausen?
- Films with a similar feel include Son of Saul, The Pianist, The Counterfeiters, and Anthropoid.
- How long is The Photographer of Mauthausen?
- The Photographer of Mauthausen runs 111 minutes.
- Where can I watch The Photographer of Mauthausen?
- In United States, The Photographer of Mauthausen streams on Netflix, Netflix Standard with Ads.
