Max and Helen (1990) (TV)

User Rating:

6.6/10   

Director:

Philip Saville

Writers (WGA):

Simon Wiesenthal (book)
Corey Blechman (teleplay)

Release Date:

8 January 1990 (USA)

Plot:

Based on the fact-based novel by Nazi-hunter Simon Wiesenthal based on his 1962 prosecution of the head...

Plot Keywords:

Holocaust | Jewish | Based On Book | Based On True Story | Character Name In Title

Awards:

1 nomination

Cast

Treat Williams	...	Max Rosenberg
Alice Krige	...	Helen Weiss
Martin Landau	...	Simon Wiesenthal
Jonathan Phillips	...	Werner Schultze / Mark Weiss
Adam Kotz	...	Peter
Jodhi May	...	Miriam Weiss
Nicholas Woodeson	...	Martin Greenbaum
Lulee Fisher	...	Judith
Ian Bartholomew	...	Magistrate
Zoltán Gera	...	Elderly Man
John Grillo	...	Joseph Weiss
Aviva Goldkorn	...	Mrs. Weiss
Béla Jáki	...	SS Officer / Camp
Richard Kane	...	Businessman
István Kanitzsai	...	SS Officer Train

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

UK | USA

Language:

English

Color:

Color

Certification:

Iceland:12

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Citadel Entertainment

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.