Movie
Max
Overview
In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics
Details
- Release date
- 2002-09-10
- Runtime
- 106 min
- Genres
- War, Drama
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Pathé Pictures International, Alliance Atlantis, AAMPI Inc., H2O Motion Pictures, Aconit Pictures, JAP Films, Natural Nylon II, Neue Bioskop Film
- Country
- Canada, Hungary, United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- John Cusack as Max Rothman
- Noah Taylor as Adolf Hitler
- Leelee Sobieski as Liselore von Peltz
- Molly Parker as Nina Rothman
- Kevin McKidd as George Grosz
- Yuliya Vysotskaya as Hildegard
- Peter Capaldi as David Cohn
- Ulrich Thomsen as Captain Mayr
- Janet Suzman as Max's Mother
- David Horovitch as Max's Father
- Daisy Haggard as Heidi
Crew
- Menno Meyjes - Director
- Menno Meyjes - Writer
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