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Max (2002/I)

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Overview

Director:
Menno Meyjes
Writer (WGA):
Menno Meyjes (written by)
Release Date:
8 May 2003 (Netherlands) more view trailer
Genre:
Drama more
Tagline:
Art + Politics = Power
Plot:
A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler. full summary | add synopsis
Awards:
2 wins & 4 nominations more
NewsDesk:
(2 articles)
Jewish Leaders Say Hitler Film Is Good (From WENN. 20 December 2002)
Cusack To Star In Hitler Movie (From WENN. 21 May 2002)
User Comments:
The Artist Formerly Known As Hitler more

Cast

 (Cast overview, first billed only)

John Cusack ... Max Rothman

Noah Taylor ... Adolf Hitler

Leelee Sobieski ... Liselore von Peltz

Molly Parker ... Nina Rothman

Ulrich Thomsen ... Captain Mayr
David Horovitch ... Max's Father
Janet Suzman ... Max's Mother
András Stohl ... NCO
John Grillo ... Nina's Father
Anna Nygh ... Nina's Mother
Krisztián Kolovratnik ... Nina's Brother
Peter Capaldi ... David Cohn
Yuliya Vysotskaya ... Hildegard
János Kulka ... Mr. Epp
Katalin Pálfy ... Mrs. Epp
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Hoffman (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for language.
Runtime:
106 min
Country:
UK | Canada | Hungary
Language:
English
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Sound Mix:
Dolby Digital
Certification:
Australia:M | Netherlands:12 | Singapore:NC-16 (original rating) | Singapore:PG (edited for re-rating) | USA:R | UK:15
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Company:
AAMPI Inc. more

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Trivia:
Writer/director Menno Meyjes reports that before the script was written, 'Steven Spielberg's Amblin company was interested in the project. But Spielberg told Meyjes he couldn't bring himself to help make a movie he thought would dishonor Holocaust survivors. Nevertheless, he considered the script an excellent one and encouraged the director to push for its realization, but without Amblin. more
Goofs:
During the World War One period and immediately after Hitler sported a traditional "handlebar"-type mustache. He adopted his trademark "comb" mustache shortly thereafter. In any event, all known photographs of Hitler as an adult show him with a mustache of some style. more
Quotes:
Max Rothman: [to His Kids] Hello midgets. more
Movie Connections:
Referenced in Children of the Setting Suns (2006) more

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The Artist Formerly Known As Hitler, 30 December 2002
Author: george.schmidt (george.schmidt@hbo.com) from fairview, nj

MAX (2002) *** John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Ulrich Thomsen. Filmmaker Menno Meyjes' audacious yet non-offensive examination on the colossal What If of all time: What if Adolph Hitler continued his path into a career as an artist instead of a genocidal madman? Based on facts and an amalgamated character in the form of Max Rothman (a never finer Cusack in one of his best ‘adult' roles to date) a WWI vet who has returned to his Munich based art dealership minus a limb with an ever-gnawing question: What now? Enter problematic young artist wannabe and fellow German war vet Hitler (Taylor in a tricky yet full-force to be reckoned with turn) insisting his friendship with the tormented Rothman to the limits (and the beginnings of the end for history). The film is a tad bland in some areas however the prickly wonderings of what may have been make it all the worthwhile.

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