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Film · 2018

El fotógrafo de Mauthausen

Directed by Mar Targarona · starring Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden and Alain Hernández

  • 5.7 AverageMovieNCo
  • 6.2 Users11 votes
  • 5.2 Critics6 reviews
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Synopsis

The film is based on the historical character of Francisco Boix (Mario Casas) who was a photographer and communist militant during the Civil War in Spain. After being exiled he became an inmate of the Mauthausen concentration camp, where he began working at the photo lab. Once he was there he dedicated himself to photograph everything that was happening with the people who lived with him at the camp, but he had to hide from the Germans to protect his life. With the help of a group of Spanish prisoners, he prepared the exit of some of his photographic negatives from the field to show the cruelty that was used with the inmates inside those walls. The photographs of Boix were decisive to obtain a sentence during the Nuremberg trials.

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Availability checked on 8 November 2026.

The essentials

Runtime
110 min1 hour and 50 minutes
Box office
€2.2min Spain
How long is El fotógrafo de Mauthausen?
1 hour and 50 minutes (110 minutes).
Who directed El fotógrafo de Mauthausen?
Mar Targarona.
Who is in El fotógrafo de Mauthausen?
It stars Mario Casas, Richard van Weyden, Alain Hernández and Stefan Weinert.
Where can I watch El fotógrafo de Mauthausen?
In the UK it is available with a subscription on Netflix.
How much did El fotógrafo de Mauthausen make?
It took €2.2 million in Spain.
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Cast

Full cast (18)
Director
Mar Targarona
Writers
Roger Danès, Alfred Pérez Fargas
Producers
José Sánchez-Montes, Mar Targarona

Photos and posters

All 15 photos

Reviews

All 6 reviews
6.2 11 votes
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What the critics say average 5.2 from 6 outlets

  • 6.0 CinemaníaRubén Romero Santos Direct and effective, what is told on the screen is so intense that it gets the hardest heart emotional. Read
  • 6.0 El PaísCarlos Boyero 'El fotógrafo de Mauthausen', directed by Mar Targarona is not an super-production, its means are quite limited, but that is not an obstacle to achieve a worthy chronicle, something that I do not… Read
  • 6.0 FotogramasRicardo Rosado Despite staying away from milestones such as 'The Schindler's List' due to some lack of rotundity, contains enough hits to match other exciting minor titles set in this terrifying scenario. Read

Box office

Weekend by weekend
  • Spain €2.2m

Awards

All the awards

Soundtrack

All 2 songs
  1. Corrandes d'exiliSílvia Pérez Cruz, Raül Fernandez Miró, Ernesto Snajer Spotify
  2. Corrandes d'exiliLluís Llach, Pere Quart Spotify

Trivia

  • Learning german

    Mario Casas took German classes to prepare for his role as Francesc Boix

  • Transformation

    Mario Casas slimmed 33 lbs to prepare for his role as Francesc Boix

  • Idiomatic paradox

    Joan Negrié plays a character who can not speak German although he is the only spanish actor in the film who speaks German fluently.

  • Faking seasons

    The party scene is set in Austria in spring, however it was shot in Budapest during winter. It snowed heavily the previous days and the art department had to thaw the snow before the shoot

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