The Photographer of Mauthausen

The Photographer of Mauthausen
The Photographer of Mauthausen
Spanish	El fotógrafo de Mauthausen
Directed by	Mar Targarona
Written by	Roger Danès; Alfred Pérez Fargas;
Produced by	István Major; Joaquín Padró; Mar Targarona;
Starring	Mario Casas; Macarena Gómez; Alain Hernández;
Cinematography	Aitor Mantxola
Edited by	José Luis Romeu
Music by	Diego Navarro
Production; companies	Rodar y Rodar; We Produce 2017 AIE; Filmteam;
Distributed by	Filmax
Release date	26 October 2018;
Running time	110 min
Country	Spain
Language	Spanish

The Photographer of Mauthausen (Spanish: El fotógrafo de Mauthausen) is a 2018 Spanish biography drama historical film directed by Mar Targarona [es] 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]

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 [de] as Paul Ricken
Alain Hernández as Valbuena
Adrià Salazar as Anselmo
Eduard Buch as Fonseca
Stefan Weinert [de] 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	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
2019	33rd Goya Awards	Best Makeup and Hairstyles	Caitlin Acheson, Jesús Martos, Pablo Perona	Nominated	^[6]
		Best Production Supervision	Eduard Vallès, Hanga Kurucz	Nominated
		Best Art Direction	Rosa Ros	Nominated
		Best Costume Design	Mercè Paloma	Nominated

References

^ Bailey, Jason (1 March 2019). "'The Photographer of Mauthausen' Review: An Unwilling Propagandist Fights Back". The New York Times.
^ "Exclusiva: Alain Hernández y Macarena Gómez se suman a 'El fotográfo de Mauthausen'". Fotogramas (in Spanish). Retrieved 27 February 2018.
^ 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.
^ "Mario Casas protagoniza 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', participada por RTVE". RTVE (in Spanish). 10 November 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
^ ^a ^b "'El Fotógrafo de Mauthausen' de Mar Targarona y protagonizada por Mario Casas se estrenará el 26 de octubre". Audiovisual451. 24 April 2018.
^ "El fotógrafo de Mauthausen". premiosgoya.com. Academia de las Artes y las Ciencias Cinematográficas de España. Retrieved 11 August 2022.

External links

The Photographer of Mauthausen at IMDb

[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.

[a451-5] "'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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