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Overview

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Director:
Writer (WGA):
Menno Meyjes (written by)
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Release Date:
8 May 2003 (Netherlands) more
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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
User Comments:
"Come on Hitler, I'll buy you a lemonade" more (78 total)

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
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1.85 : 1 more
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Certification:
Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | USA:R | UK:15
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Trivia:
To help get this controversial movie financed, producer/star John Cusack took no salary for acting in the lead role. more
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Factual errors: When Max sees Hitler for the first time, he correctly calls him "Corporal", but the uniform Hitler is wearing has no rank insignia. German Army uniforms in both world wars displayed NCO ranks on the collar. more
Quotes:
Max Rothman: [re patriotic propaganda] I used to think we rode into the war on horseback. But now I realize that in fact, we rode into the war on words. Yes, my friend, words. If the high command had used nails to hammer our feet to the mud, I think we would have found a pair of pliers, passed them down the line, and made a break for it. But the words... the words kept us rooted to the ground. more
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13 out of 15 people found the following comment useful.
"Come on Hitler, I'll buy you a lemonade", 12 February 2003
Author: CinemaParadisco from California

This movie was fantastic if you are open minded enough to view it with a "what if" attitude. Of course there are plenty of people out there complaining because they cannot separate fiction from reality and entertain the idea of Hitler having taken a different path. However, this movie is worth seeing. Great performances by Cusack(Max Rothman) and Noah Taylor(Adolph Hitler).

Also people always wonder how Hitler could be so influential if he was so whacko and the movie gives a great insight as to how it might have happened.

If for no other reason, the movie is worth seeing just to hear the line "Come on Hitler, I'll buy you a lemonade..."

I never would have guessed I'd hear that line in a million years.

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