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. The film tells the history of the photographer Francisco Boix during his life in the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp complex.

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

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

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.

Release

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

Accolades

See also

• List of Spanish films of 2018

References

External links

• The Photographer of Mauthausen at IMDb

1. Mauthausen concentration camp
2. Mario Casas
3. Luka Peroš
4. Macarena Gómez
5. Francisco Boix
6. List of Mauthausen-Gusen inmates
7. Alain Hernández
8. List of Holocaust films
9. 33rd Goya Awards
10. List of Netflix exclusive international distribution films
11. List of Spanish films of 2018
12. Goya Award for Best Makeup and Hairstyles
13. Goya Award for Best Costume Design
14. Goya Award for Best Production Supervision
15. Goya Award for Best Art Direction
16. Wilhelm Brasse
17. Arnold E. Samuelson
18. List of witnesses to the International Military Tribunal
19. Nazi Concentration Camps (film)
20. Erich Hartmann (photographer)