| Front Cover |
Actor |
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| Jessica Lange |
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| Armin Mueller-Stahl |
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| Movie Details |
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| Language |
English |
| Audience Rating |
PG-13 (Parental Guidance Suggested) |
| Country |
USA |
| Color |
Color |
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| Plot |
| This 1989 drama penned by pre-Basic Instinct screenwriter Joe Eszterhas is a powerful tale of family identity and loyalty threatened by a ghost from the Third Reich. Jessica Lange stars as a Chicago criminal attorney whose beloved immigrant father (Armin Mueller-Stahl, in his American film debut) is accused of once having been a monstrous SS officer for Hitler. While Lange's character does a good job defending the old man in court against witnesses who charge him with numerous unspeakable acts, her own certainty that he is innocent slowly crumbles,
leaving her with a horrifying personal dilemma. Directed by Costa-Gavras, the film displays some of his distracting tendency toward unnecessarily broad storytelling, but Eszterhas's script is disciplined and moving, and Lange and Mueller-Stahl are stunning in their depiction of a loving relationship deeply shaken by history. |
| Personal Details |
| Seen It |
Yes |
| Index |
17 |
| In Collection |
Yes |
| Links |
Amazon US
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| Product Details |
| Format |
DVD |
| Region |
Region 1 |
| UPC |
012236117100 |
| Release Date |
5/20/2003 |
| Nr of Disks/Tapes |
1 |
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