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Overview

User Rating:
6.6/10   3,650 votes
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Director:
Menno Meyjes
Writer (WGA):
Menno Meyjes (written by)
Contact:
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Release Date:
8 May 2003 (Netherlands) more
Genre:
Drama | War more
Tagline:
Art + Politics = Power
Plot:
A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Jewish Leaders Say Hitler Film Is Good
 (From WENN. 20 December 2002)

Cusack To Star In Hitler Movie
 (From WENN. 21 May 2002)

User Comments:
Powerful Performance by Noah Taylor more

Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Cusack ... Max Rothman

Noah Taylor ... Adolf Hitler

Leelee Sobieski ... Liselore von Peltz

Molly Parker ... Nina Rothman

Ulrich Thomsen ... Captain Mayr
David Horovitch ... Max's Father
Janet Suzman ... Max's Mother
András Stohl ... NCO
John Grillo ... Nina's Father
Anna Nygh ... Nina's Mother
Krisztián Kolovratnik ... Nina's Brother
Peter Capaldi ... David Cohn

Yuliya Vysotskaya ... Hildegard
János Kulka ... Mr. Epp
Katalin Pálfy ... Mrs. Epp
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hoffman (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
Hungary | Canada | UK
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | USA:R | UK:15
Company:
AAMPI Inc. more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
To help get this controversial movie financed, producer/star John Cusack took no salary for acting in the lead role. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: The song "Happy Birthday to You" is sung at the party, but it did not appear in the form we know today until 1924. more
Quotes:
Hildegard: Just remember, Max, Florence Nightingale died of syphilis.
Max Rothman: And that means what?
Hildegard: Don't get too close to charity cases.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in "Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou" (2008) more

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9 out of 10 people found the following comment useful:-
Powerful Performance by Noah Taylor, 13 August 2006
10/10
Author: LivingDog from NYC, NY

There are only 2 actors you need to watch: John Cusack and Noah Taylor. John Cusack plays a rich Jewish art dealer who tries to help a not-so-young unknown artist find his "inner voice." The two go through the art world and all its patrons.

Max Rothman, played by Cusack, is an intelligent nihilist who tries to guide this unknown into finding the core of his artistic endeavor. And the not-so-young unknown artist, played utterly convincingly - utterly committed - utterly profoundly, by Noah Taylor is Adolf Hitler.

I have been glued to my seat before with films and movies, but this goes beyond those films and movies. I usually get a sense of focus on the action, script and scenery. This time it is utter silence. I was listening and watching for every nuance ... and Mr. Taylor's performance is nothing but unbelievably wondrous. It is 100.000% utter professional commitment to the role. Mr. Taylor disappears and Hitler, the evil maniacal horror emerges. I was GLUED to my seat like never before... I was sorry to see this movie end. His performance was just so amazing to watch. I can't compare it to anyone else's acting since Mr. Taylor has gone beyond any performance ever before ... and maybe ever again! 20/10.

-LD

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my faith: http://www.angelfire.com/ny5/jbc33/

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