Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story
| Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story | |
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| Genre | Biography Drama War |
| Written by | Abby Mann Robin Vote Ron Hutchinson |
| Directed by | Brian Gibson |
| Starring | Ben Kingsley Renée Soutendijk Craig T. Nelson Anton Lesser Jack Shepherd Paul Freeman |
| Theme music composer | Bill Conti |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | |
| Producers | Bob Cooper John Kemeny Abby Mann |
| Cinematography | Elemér Ragályi |
| Editors | Éva Gárdos Randy Kumano Chris Wimble |
| Running time | 160 minutes |
| Production companies | Citadel Entertainment HBO Pictures |
| Distributor | HBO |
| Release | |
| Original network | HBO |
| Picture format | Color |
| Audio format | Stereo |
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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story is a 1989 American biographical film directed by Brian Gibson and written by Abby Mann, Robin Vote and Ron Hutchinson. The film stars Ben Kingsley, Renée Soutendijk, Craig T. Nelson, Anton Lesser, Jack Shepherd and Paul Freeman. The film premiered on HBO on April 23, 1989.[1][2][3] It won one Emmy Award and was nominated for two others.[4]
Plot[]
The film is based on Wiesenthal's book of the same name that was published in 1967.
As Austrian Jews living in Ukraine at the beginning of World War II, Simon Wiesenthal and his family are captured by Nazis and sent to live in a series of prison camps, where Wiesenthal cheats death several times. When he is liberated from Mauthausen in 1945, Wiesenthal provides vital information to the Americans in the Nuremberg War Trials and dedicates his life to hunting down Nazi war criminals, even though doing so comes at a cost to his family.
Cast[]
- Ben Kingsley as Simon Wiesenthal
- Renée Soutendijk as Cyla
- Craig T. Nelson as Major Bill Harcourt
- Anton Lesser as Karl
- Jack Shepherd as Brodi
- Paul Freeman as Josef
- David Threlfall as Alex
- Louisa Milwood-Haigh as Paulina
- Robert Morelli as Reed
- Sándor Téri as Hauptmann
References[]
- ^ "Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story (1989) - Overview". TCM.com. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ Hal Erickson (2015). "Murderers-Among-Us-The-Simon-Wiesenthal-Story - Trailer - Cast - Showtimes". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ "New York Magazine - Google Books". 1989-04-24. Retrieved 2016-02-06.
- ^ "MURDERERS AMONG US: THE SIMON WIESENTHAL STORY". Television Academy. Retrieved 2021-04-03.
MUSIC[]
- Composer by Bill Conti
- Music by Harry Rabin
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MUSIC[]
- 1989 television films
- 1989 films
- American films
- 1980s English-language films
- American drama films
- 1980s drama films
- HBO Films films
- Films directed by Brian Gibson
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Films produced by John Kemeny
- Television shows produced by Television South (TVS)
- English-language television shows
- Films about Nazi hunters
- Films about the aftermath of the Holocaust
- Films set in Austria
- Films set in West Germany
- American drama television film stubs