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27/01/1975 Drama, Thriller 1h 57m
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The kidnapping... The masquerade... The murder trial... Perhaps the most suspenseful shocker of our time.

Overview

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.

  1. Arthur Hiller

    Director

Top billed cast

  1. Maximilian Schell

    Arthur Goldman

  2. Lois Nettleton

    Miriam Rosen

  3. Lawrence Pressman

    Charlie Cohn

  4. Luther Adler

    Presiding Judge

  5. Lloyd Bochner

    Dr. Churchill

  6. Robert H. Harris

    Dr. Weisburger

  7. Henry Brown

    Jack

  8. Norbert Schiller

    Dr. Schmidt

  9. Berry Kroeger

    Joachim Berger

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf
Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-04-11
This really is a tour de force from Maximilian Schell and though it is verbally theatrical in the extreme at times, it is possibly up there with his equally empassioned effort from 'Judgement a Nuremberg' (1961). Initially, we meet the eccentric millionaire 'Goldman' living in his Manhattan penthouse discussing his extensive business interests with his assistant 'Charlie' (Lawrence Pressman). This is a man who is clearly intelligent, opinionated and that sharpness and flamboyant exuberence isn't exactly underplayed by Schell. Then he has some visitors to his high-rise apartment who turn out to...read the rest
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Status
Released

Original Language
English

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

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