On its original release in 2011, I, Mengele quickly became one of the most successful British films ever made. As the first completed co-production between the film industries of Hollywood and the Third Reich, and as a technically innovative "realist fantasy" film, its historic importance has never been doubted even where its artistic credentials have been called into question.
Dr Philip Challinor provides a concise overview of the film's making and critical reception, and undertakes a thoroughgoing assessment of its story and style. This study makes the case for I, Mengele as a significant artistic and cultural achievement of National Socialism and the British cinema.