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Release Date:
8 lokakuu 1976 (USA)
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Plot:
A graduate history student is unwittingly caught in the middle of an international conspiracy involving stolen diamonds, an exiled Nazi war criminal, and a rogue government agent. full summary | add synopsis
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Nominated for Oscar.
Another 3 wins
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9 nominations
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Yeeks!
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Cast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Dustin Hoffman | ... | Babe |
 | Laurence Olivier | ... | Szell |
 | Roy Scheider | ... | Doc |
 | William Devane | ... | Janeway |
 | Marthe Keller | ... | Elsa |
 | Fritz Weaver | ... | Professor Biesenthal |
 | Richard Bright | ... | Karl |
| Marc Lawrence | ... | Erhard |
| Allen Joseph | ... | Babe's Father |
| Tito Goya | ... | Melendez |
| Ben Dova | ... | Szell's Brother |
| Lou Gilbert | ... | Rosenbaum |
| Jacques Marin | ... | LeClerc |
| James Wing Woo | ... | Chen |
| Nicole Deslauriers | ... | Nicole |
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Runtime:
125 min
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Color:
Color (Metrocolor)
Aspect Ratio:
1.85 : 1 more
Certification:
Iceland:16 |
Singapore:M18 |
Sweden:15 |
UK:X (original rating) |
Brazil:14 |
South Korea:18 |
Argentina:18 |
New Zealand:R16 |
Australia:M |
Finland:K-15 (re-rating) (2003) (uncut version) |
Finland:K-16 (1988) (cut version) |
France:-16 |
Ireland:18 |
Italy:VM18 |
Netherlands:16 |
Norway:15 |
Norway:16 (1977) |
Spain:18 |
UK:18 |
USA:R |
West Germany:16
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Dr. Szell is based on the historical Doctor Josef Mengele, head SS Doctor of Auschwitz, who was living a fugitive's life in South America when the movie was produced.
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Continuity: When Babe and Elsa are outside Szell's brother's house, the sky changes back and forth from cloudy/hazy to sunny and blue a number of times.
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Quotes:
Christian Szell:
I envy you your school days. Enjoy them fully. It's the last time in your life no one expects anything of you.
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Movie Connections:
Referenced in Sky Captain and the World of Tomorrow (2004)
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Soundtrack:
Dors, o cité oerverse
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Quite apart from the infamous torture scene, which I found extremely difficult to watch without howling in horror (actually that's a lie, I DID howl) this film is FULL of nervous tension that occasionally boils over - the way it's been done is masterful. The bouncing-ball scene in the darkened building should be utterly prosaic, but it really isn't - the way it's choreographed and shot brings such an air of menace and trepidation you'll be biting your nails off. There's much of a similar vein in 'Marathon Man', and although the storyline is sometimes almost buried through the relentless suffocating tension, it's extremely watchable (with a cushion to hide behind at certain points) and one of the greatest non-Hitchcock thrillers I've ever seen. Don't hesitate!