The Photographer of Mauthausen

The Photographer of Mauthausen (Spanish: El fotógrafo de Mauthausen) is a 2018 Spanish biography drama historical film directed by Mar Targarona starring Mario Casas, Macarena Gómez, and Alain Hernández.[1][2] The film tells the history of the photographer Francisco Boix during his life in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.[3]

The Photographer of Mauthausen
SpanishEl fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Directed byMar Targarona
Written by
  • Roger Danès
  • Alfred Pérez Fargas
Produced by
  • István Major
  • Joaquín Padró
  • Mar Targarona
Starring
CinematographyAitor Mantxola
Edited byJosé Luis Romeu
Music byDiego Navarro
Production
companies
  • Rodar y Rodar
  • We Produce 2017 AIE
  • Filmteam
Distributed byFilmax
Release date
  • 26 October 2018 (2018-10-26)
Running time
110 min
CountrySpain
LanguageSpanish

Actor Mario Casas lost 12 kg in weight while preparing to play the part of the malnourished Boix.[4]

Plot

Based on the true story of Spanish Civil War veteran Francisco Boix, a prisoner at Nazi German Mauthausen concentration camp, who preserved and hid photographs of the conditions at camp. Boix and his fellow prisoners risked their lives to save negatives and evidence of the atrocities committed at Mauthausen.

Cast
  • Mario Casas as Francisco Boix
  • Richard van Weyden as Paul Ricken
  • Alain Hernández as Valbuena
  • Adrià Salazar as Anselmo
  • Eduard Buch as Fonseca
  • Stefan Weinert as Franz Ziereis
  • Nikola Stojanovic as Bonarewitz
  • Rubén Yuste as Rosales
  • Allan Freman as Quatra
  • Frank Feys as Popeye
  • Marc Rodríguez as Enfermero
  • Albert Mora as Músico
  • Joan Negrié as Lejías
  • Luka Peros as Karl Schulz
  • Rainer Reiners as Poschacher
  • Toni Gomila as Francisco
  • Macarena Gómez as Dolores
  • Emilio Gavira as Alexander Katan (Preso A.K.)
  • Soma Zámbori as Chmielewski
  • Erik Gyarmati as Siegfried
  • Marta Holler as Anna Pointner
  • Dénes Ujlaky as Albert Pointner
  • Miguel Ángel González as Preso español esquelético
  • Andreu Carandell as Preso crematorio
  • Patrik Petrovski as Kapo carpinteria
  • Minnie Marx as SS prostíbulo
  • Koos Vos as SS oficina política
  • Abel Rodríguez as Chaval ido
  • Roger Vilà as Chaval tuerto
  • Igor Szpakowski as Chaval Pérez
  • Gábor Deák as SS private
  • Ági Krasznahorkai as Mrs. Ziereis
  • Mariann Kocsis as Mrs. Poschacher
  • Balázs Szitás as Bufoon Prisoner
  • Bernat Cot as Preso dibujante
  • Ralph Herbling as Médico alemán
  • Guifré Baró as Ayudante de mago
  • Roger Bosch as Músico mandolina
  • Guillem Gefaell as Músico guitarra
  • Kristóf Widder as SS Gaswagen
  • Norbert Kovacs as Waiter 1
  • Péter Sokorai as Waiter 2
  • Balazs Lengyel as Austrian Prisoner 1
  • Laszlo Tamás Farkas as Austrian Prisoner 2
  • Miklós Danka as SS 1
  • Béla Orsányi as SS 2
  • Efrain Anglès as Kapo
  • Darien Asian
  • Anatoly Chugunov as Soldier
  • Balázs Veres as Birthday Guest

Production

The film is a Rodar y Rodar, We Produce 2017 AIE and Filmteam production, and it had the participation/collaboration of RTVE, TV3, ICCA, ICEC, and Netflix.[5]

Release

Distributed by Filmax,[5] the film was theatrically released in Spain on 26 October 2018.

Accolades
Year Award CategoryNominee(s) ResultRef.
201933rd Goya AwardsBest Makeup and HairstylesCaitlin Acheson, Jesús Martos, Pablo PeronaNominated[6]
Best Production SupervisionEduard Vallès, Hanga KuruczNominated
Best Art DirectionRosa RosNominated
Best Costume DesignMercè PalomaNominated

See also

References
  1. Bailey, Jason (1 March 2019). "'The Photographer of Mauthausen' Review: An Unwilling Propagandist Fights Back". The New York Times.
  2. "Exclusiva: Alain Hernández y Macarena Gómez se suman a 'El fotográfo de Mauthausen'". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
  3. Antón, Jacinto (23 November 2017). "La vida del fotógrafo que sufrió el horror nazi se convierte en película". El País. Prisa. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. "Mario Casas protagoniza 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', participada por RTVE". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. "'El Fotógrafo de Mauthausen' de Mar Targarona y protagonizada por Mario Casas se estrenará el 26 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 24 April 2018.
  6. "El fotógrafo de Mauthausen". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 11 August 2022.
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