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  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Summary Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a story of a shocking act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who along with her twin sister, Miriam, were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's cruel genetic experiments - an experience that would haunt them their entire lives. Eva's metamorphosis from embittered survivor to tireless advocate fo...

Directed By: Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh

  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m
  • 2006
  • Not Rated
  • First Run Features
  • 1 h 22 m

Forgiving Dr. Mengele

Metascore Generally Favorable Based on 13 Critic Reviews
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Summary Forgiving Dr. Mengele is a story of a shocking act of forgiveness by Auschwitz survivor Eva Mozes Kor, who along with her twin sister, Miriam, were victims of Nazi doctor Josef Mengele's cruel genetic experiments - an experience that would haunt them their entire lives. Eva's metamorphosis from embittered survivor to tireless advocate fo...

Directed By: Bob Hercules, Cheri Pugh

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This moving film explores the trauma of a Holocaust survivor with rare complexity.
By Owen Gleiberman FULL REVIEW
80
It's hard to know whether to be impressed or appalled by Eva Mozes Kor, the Holocaust survivor in Bob Hercules and Cheri Pugh's fascinating documentary who has made forgiving the Nazis her life's work.
By Ella Taylor FULL REVIEW
75
It's clear that Kor's goal is to keep people talking, and thinking, about impossibly difficult subjects. And there's no debating her success in that regard.
By Elizabeth Weitzman FULL REVIEW
75
Though some of the heated exchanges in Forgiving Dr. Mengele seem awkward and staged, they put Kor at the center of a riveting debate over how best to come to terms with past horrors, and the potential (and limits) of putting them to rest.
By Scott Tobias FULL REVIEW
70
For a film about death-camp survivors Forgiving Dr. Mengele is surprisingly uplifting and, at times, even lighthearted.
By Lawrence Van Gelder FULL REVIEW
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In many respects, Forgiving Dr. Mengele is an ordinary documentary, stylistically and technically unexceptional. But its subject enobles the work. So does Kor : determined, indomitable, and by the end of the movie, a symbol herself of both survival and mercy.
By Michael Wilmington FULL REVIEW
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Eva Mozes Kor, the lecturer and activist at the center of Forgiving Dr. Mengele, is most notable for her zeal in refusing to be a victim.
By Andrea Gronvall FULL REVIEW

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Production Company Media Process Group Inc.
Release Date Feb 24, 2006
Duration 1 h 22 m
Rating Not Rated
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