Shortly after the end of World War II, Josef Mengele, a Nazi doctor at the Auschwitz extermination camp, managed to escape from Germany. He went into hiding in Argentina—until a manhunt for him was launched there as well.

From Buenos Aires to Paraguay, and deep into the Brazilian jungle, "The Angel of Death" orchestrates his methodical disappearance and evades all legal proceedings. When his son finds him, Mengele is confronted with a past he can no longer deny. The Hiding of Joseph Mengele is a psychologically compelling, visually mesmerizing portrait of one of the most elusive war criminals, who managed to evade the authorities until the day he died.

Director Kirill Serebrennikov (Leto, Petrov's Flu) adapted Olivier Guez's award-winning novel into a gripping cat-and-mouse game between memory, oblivion, guilt, and denial. His film is both an uncompromising unmasking of the darkest depths of the human soul and a reflection of our current, disturbing times. The Diversion of Josef Mengele had its world premiere at the Cannes Film Festival, where it was notable for August Diehl's superb performance as the relentless Nazi executioner.