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Max (I) (2002)

 -  Drama | War  -  20 June 2003 (UK)
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A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.

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Cast overview, first billed only:
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Liselore von Peltz
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Nina Rothman
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David Horovitch ...
Max's Father
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Max's Mother
András Stohl ...
NCO
John Grillo ...
Nina's Father
Anna Nygh ...
Nina's Mother
Krisztián Kolovratnik ...
Nina's Brother
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David Cohn
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Hildegard
János Kulka ...
Mr. Epp
Katalin Pálfy ...
Mrs. Epp
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Munich, 1918. German-Jew Max Rothman has returned to much of his pre-war life which includes to his wife Nina and their two children, to his mistress Liselore von Peltz, and to his work as an art dealer. He has however not returned to being an aspiring painter as he lost his dominant right arm during the war. He is approached by an aspiring painter, a thirty-year old Austrian war veteran named Adolf Hitler, who wants him to show his works. Although he doesn't think the paintings are all that original and he doesn't really like Hitler as a person, Rothman takes Hitler under his wings if only because of their camaraderie of being war veterans, and knowing that Hitler had nothing and no one to come back to after the war unlike himself. Rothman believes that Hitler has promise if only he can find his original artistic point of view. In part out of need for money, Hitler, on the urging of Captain Karl Mayr, agrees to work for the army as a political spokesman in anti-Semitic propaganda. ... Written by Huggo

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art | art dealer | politics | painter | artist | See more »

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Art + Politics = Power

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Drama | War

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Rated R for language | See all certifications »

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20 June 2003 (UK)  »

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Budget:

$11,000,000 (estimated)

Opening Weekend:

$30,157 (USA) (27 December 2002)

Gross:

$527,019 (USA) (28 February 2003)
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Writer/director Menno Meyjes reports that before the script was written, Steven Spielberg's Amblin company was interested in the project. But Spielberg told Meyjes he couldn't bring himself to help make a movie he thought would dishonor Holocaust survivors. Nevertheless, he considered the script an excellent one and encouraged the director to push for its realization, but without Amblin. See more »

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During the World War One period and immediately after Adolf Hitler sported a traditional "handlebar"-type mustache. He adopted his trademark "comb" mustache shortly thereafter. In any event, all known photographs of Hitler as an adult show him with a mustache of some style. See more »

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Art patron/friend of Max's: Hitler? Never heard of him.
Max Rothman: You will.
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Referenced in Children of the Setting Suns (2006) See more »

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Powerful Performance by Noah Taylor
13 August 2006 | by (NYC, NY) – See all my reviews

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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