Face Down

Aug 11, 2023

1h 29m

★ 7.5

A good man is an easy target

Overview

On the 27th of December 1973, a nightmare began for an entire family. On that night, a German businessman called Thomas Niedermayer was kidnapped from his home in Belfast. He was never seen alive again by his friends or family. He became one of the "disappeared", and it seemed that no-one knew what had happened to him.

Genres

Documentary

History

Production Companies

Blueprint Pictures

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