Max and Helen

TV Movie
1990
1h 40m

IMDb RATING

6.6/10

199

YOUR RATING

Drama Romance War

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 t... Read allBased 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 Rose... Read allBased 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 ... Read all

Director
- Philip Saville
Writers
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Corey Blechman
Stars

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IMDb RATING

6.6/10

199

YOUR RATING

Director
- Philip Saville
Writers
- Simon Wiesenthal
- Corey Blechman
Stars

See production info at IMDbPro

Awards
- 2 nominations total

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8jeffreyfrankel

Painful story

The suggestion is that Simon Wiesenthal decided not to prosecute the Camp Commandent, but he did in 1962 even against the wishes of the two witnesses, who were probably the only survivors of this camp. We dont know how it affected them or their son who was the result of rape by the camp commander, and until that time was brought up as Jewish and thought his father had died in the war fighting the Germans. It is possible the book by SW and the film changed the names, but since there was a prosecution in 1962 it is difficult to see how SW could have hidden his actions from the two witnesses and the son.

7sydneypatrick

By the numbers movie lifted by performances of cast

Simon Wiesenthal (Martin Landau) goes after a former Nazi and in doing so, upturns the lives of a doctor (Treat Williams) and his long lost love (Alice Krige). As this one is written, I think it would actually play better on the stage - it feels stagey rather than filmic. But in 1990 it was likely the best of its kind on television. The focus of this story is that on the lost lovers and their individual plights rather than the former Nazi himself, and that is refreshing. The performances of all the cast help this one rise above the average.