A documentary on the Austrian-Jewish architectural engineer who became a Nazi hunter after surviving the Holocaust.
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Richard Trank
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Title: I Have Never Forgotten You: The Life & Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal (2007)
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| Nicole Kidman | ... | Narrator (voice) | |
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Simon Wiesenthal | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Asher BenNatan | ... | Self (as Arthur Pier) |
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Frederick Forsyth | ... | Self |
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Marvin Hier | ... | Self |
| Ben Kingsley | ... | Self | |
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Cyla Wiesenthal | ... | Self (archive footage) |
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Pauline Rosa Wiesenthal | ... | Self |
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"I Have Never Forgotten You" is a comprehensive look at the life and legacy of Simon Wiesenthal, the famed Nazi hunter and humanitarian. Narrated by Academy Award winning actress Nicole Kidman, it features interviews with longtime Wiesenthal associates, government leaders from around the world, friends and family members--many of whom have never discussed the legendary Nazi hunter and humanitarian on camera. Previously unseen archival film and photos also highlight the film. What was the driving force behind his work? What kept him going when for years the odds were against his efforts? What is his legacy today, more than 60 years after the end of World War Two? Written by Richard Trank
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nazi hunter | husband wife relationship | family relationships | train | small town |Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)
Rated PG-13 for disturbing violent images and descriptions of the Holocaust | See all certifications »Parents Guide:
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Marvin Hier: [quoting Simon Wiesenthal] Hitler is gone, Nazis are no more. But we are still here, singing and dancing.See more »
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Country:
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March 2007 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
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Opening Weekend USA:
$5,075, 28 May 2007Gross USA:
$29,976Cumulative Worldwide Gross:
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"I Have Never Forgotten You -- the Life and Legacy of Simon Wiesenthal" (Richard Trank, USA, 2006, 105 minutes)
This is the unwieldy title of a truly fascinating documentary which might just as well (in fact much more aptly) have been called "Simon Wiesenthal -- Tracer of Lost Nazis" -- or just plain "Nazi Hunter". Wiesenthal died in Vienna in 2004 at age 90 plus, a lifetime during which he survived the Holocaust, then spent the rest of his life relentlessly tracking down escaped Nazi war criminals in order to bring them to so-called 'justice'. His most famous catch was Adolph Eichmann, whom he traced all the way to Argentina, then had him kidnapped by the Mossad and brought back to Israel to stand trial for his part in implementing the German "Final Solution" -- the mass murder of the European Jews. The film traces Wiesenthal's entire life from the Ukraine to the camps to post-war Vienna, and what emerges -- oddly -- is not the picture of a vengeful Jewish James Bond -- but quite the contrary -- a mild mannered middle-aged man with a mission in life which he quietly pursued in order to "set things right" ~~ as much as ever they could be set. In later years in Vienna, where he had chosen to settle with his wife after the war, he was often grossly lambasted by the shamelessly Neo-Nazi Austrian media, to the point where his wife urged him to leave. But Wiesenthal decided it was here, in the eye of the revisionist denial storm, that he had to stick to his guns even though he was very much a Persona non Grata. (In the film he speaks in German most of the time). But the film ends on an upbeat note when he is greatly honored at a Vienna synagogue in this horribly hypocritical anti-Semitic city on his ninetieth birthday. Well, Simon finally had the last laugh, but this film is no laughing matter -- simply a blow-by-blow account of one of the strangest lives of the XXth century. Not to be missed. Narrated by actress Nicole Kidman. Viewed at 2007 Seattle film festival.