The German Doctor

2014 | Drama, Thriller, Foreign Language

Synopsis

The story of an Argentine family who lived with Josef Mengele without knowing his true identity, and of a girl who fell in love with one of the biggest criminals of all time.

Scores

Overall Score
59.3
Popularity Percentile (Year)
50.9%
Box Office Percentile (Year)
64.8%
Review Aggregate
68.8

Critic Consensus

74.6% Fresh • 63 critic reviews

Critic reception is mixed, with 75% of 63 logged reviews marked Fresh. Across reviews, critics repeatedly emphasize suspenseful, thin plot, historical. Common reservations focus on thin plot, even when reviewers praise standout elements.

suspensefulthin plothistoricalgrittystylizedcoming of agevisually strikingfamily-friendlymacabrecharacter-driven

Cast

CastYearReported SalaryInflation AdjustedNotes
Àlex Brendemühl2014$39,000$51,000(est)
Natalia Oreiro2014$24,000$31,000(est)
Diego Peretti2014$18,000$24,000(est)
Elena Roger2014$15,000$19,000(est)
Guillermo Pfening [es]2014$12,000$17,000(est)
Alan Daicz [es]2014$11,000$15,000(est)
Florencia Bado2014$10,000$13,000(est)

Aggregated Reviews

Rotten Tomatoes critic score75.0
RT critic review count63
Rotten Tomatoes audience score63.0
RT audience rating count2,500
IMDb rating6.7
IMDb votes8,032

Box Office ?

CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Domestic2014$418,392$554,498
International2014$3,217,326$4,263,942
Worldwide2014$3,635,718$4,818,440

Earnings / Profitability

Estimated net revenues and net expenses for films based on reported and estimated numbers. This income statement should be considered most viable for the first 24 months after the inital movie's release (ie after most lucrative pay windows).
CategoryYearReportedInflation Adjusted
Revenues
Theatrical Net Revenue2014$1,496,126$1,982,826
Digital Rentals ?2014$2,507,000$3,322,543
Digital Purchases ?2014$1,986,000$2,632,058
Physical Rentals ?2014$2,858,000$3,787,725
Physical Purchases ?2014$7,703,000$10,208,834
TV & Streaming Revenue2014$175,725$232,889
Total Revenues2014$16,725,851$22,166,876
Expenses
Budget ?2014$1,035,000 (est)$1,371,692 (est)
Print & Advertising (P&A) ?2014$1,150,000 (est)$1,524,102 (est)
Participations2014$669,000$886,630
Residuals ?2014$930,000$1,232,535
Interest & Overhead2014$207,000$274,338
Total Expenses2014$3,991,000$5,289,297
Movie Net Profit or Loss2014$12,734,851$16,877,578

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