La disparition de Josef Mengele

Nicknamed the ‘Angel of Death’ at Auschwitz, the Nazi doctor Josef Mengele never faced the judgement of men, but only that of one man: his own son. From his gilded exile in Argentina to his miserable end, Mikael Chirinian takes us on a thrilling chase in this gripping adaptation. On 22 June 1949, a ship docked in Buenos Aires. On board was one of the Third Reich’s most notorious criminals, responsible for mass murder and abominable pseudo-scientific experiments carried out on prisoners. Performing alone on stage, Mikael Chirinian powerfully adapts and brings to life the story by Olivier Guez, winner of the 2017 Renaudot Prize. Surrounded by the remnants of the investigation – newspaper front pages, photographs… Step by step, the actor unravels the mystery of a high-profile escape that benefited from support at the very highest levels… right up to that final, unsettling encounter with his own son, Rolf, a key witness in a trial that never took place. Gloomy, chilling and essential, this is the portrait of an ordinary man, which is also a portrait of impunity in the face of history’s crimes.