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Max and Helen
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Wikipedia article
'Max and Helen' is a 1990 American drama film directed by Philip Saville and written by Corey Blechman. It is based on the 1982 book 'Max and Helen' by Simon Wiesenthal. The film stars Treat Williams, Alice Krige, Martin Landau, Jonny Phillips, Adam Kotz and Jodhi May. The film premiered on TNT on 8 January 1990.
Plot
Based on the fact-based novel by Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal based on his 1962 prosecution of the head of a German factory whom he learns was a murderous labor camp commandant. To be able to take him to justice, he must find witnesses who can help him. This leads him to Max Rosenberg, a still tormented individual who lost his wife, Helen, in the camps. Initially Max refuses to cooperate, but gradually his story unfolds beginning before the Holocaust. Venice, 1944, Max, a Jewish student, is captured by the Nazis. Hlne, his French fiance, pretends she is Jewish as well, so they both get deported to Poland. They get married on the train from where they escape, only to be captured again and separated. Max survives a firing squad and flees to Poland where he joins the resistance. Hlne will stay behind in the concentration camp to become the victim of the sadistic German officer, Koeller. In 1960, after surviving the War and the Soviet Gulag, Max finds out that Koeller killed Hlene and starts chasing him to get his revenge. During his manhunt, he meets Simon Wiesenthal, the famous Nazi hunter, who is also trying to catch Koeller.
Cast
*Treat Williams as Max Rosenberg
*Alice Krige as Helen Weiss
*Martin Landau as Simon Wiesenthal
*Jonny Phillips as Werner Schultze / Mark Weiss
*Adam Kotz as Peter
*Jodhi May as Miriam Weiss
*Nicholas Woodeson as Martin Greenbaum
*Lulee Fisher as Judith
*Ian Bartholomew as Magistrate
*Zoltn Gera as Elderly Man
*John Grillo as Joseph Weiss
*Aviva Goldkorn as Mrs. Weiss
*Bla Jki as SS Officer / Camp
*Richard Kane as Businessman
*Istvn Kanitzsai as SS Officer Train
*Pter Kertsz as Otto
*Jnos Kulka as Berek
*gi Margitai as Wanda
*Mtys Margittai as Balke
*Ferenc Nmethy as Ackerman
*Gbor Salinger as Gershan
*Ott Ulmann as Rubin
References
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