Mr. Kaplan

Directed by Álvaro Brechner

Produced by ZDF/Arte, Razor Film Produktion

A character-driven dramedy about an aging Jewish immigrant seeking redemption and purpose by pursuing a suspected Nazi, blending personal history with moral reckoning.

Jacob Kaplan lives an ordinary life in Uruguay. Like many of his other Jewish friends, Jacob fled Europe for South America because of World War II. But now turning 76, he is grumpy and in need of adventure. An unexpected opportunity to achieve greatness comes in the form of a quiet, elderly German, who Mr Kaplan believes to be a runaway Nazi. Determined to capture this Nazi, as Eichmann was captured before him, Mr Kaplan surprises everyone when he takes up this challenge.