Movie Cosmos - Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Description:

A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the leading Nazi hunters in the world, bringing such criminals to justice as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbee. (Written by Anthony Hughes)

Top Cast >

Ben Kingsley

As Simon Wiesenthal

Craig T. Nelson

As Major Bill Harcourt

David Threlfall

As Alex

Paul Freeman

As Josef

Jack Shepherd

As Brodi

Anton Lesser

As Karl/Stein

Christopher Rozycki

As Mischa

Renée Soutendijk

As Cyla Wiesenthal

Louisa Milwood-Haigh

As Paulina

Robert Morelli

As Reed

Sándor Téri

As Hauptmann

Murray Ewan

As Fischbach

Eva Zilcher

As Rose

Ferenc Némethy

As Herschel

András Márton

As Pavel

István Jeney

As Waltke

Philip Franks

As Maertz

Henry Goodman

As Josek

Dózsa László

As Heinen

András Surányi

As Rabbi

Oliver Ford Davies

As Police Commander

Anna Cropper

As Karl's Mother

Patrick Godfrey

As Major Jones

Harsányi Frigyes

As Franz Murer

Carol MacReady

As Anna

Vernon Dobtcheff

As Doctor Webber

Miriam Margolyes

As Mrs. Rajzman

Gabi Fón

As Teacher

Zoltán Gera

As Martin Weiss

Top Crew >

Brian Gibson

Director

Reviews:

magnito

Anyone with even a bare modicum of interest in the history of the 20th Century, and the holocaust, will be aware of Simon Wiesenthal. I watched this movie when it was first shown on television and was deeply touched by it and the story it tells. Ben Kingsley is, as always, absolutely magnificent. I have never understood why it has not (to my knowledge) been repeated or why I have been unable to find it on video or DVD. The film portrays Wiesenthals experiences in a matter-of-fact, non-sensationalised and yet sympathetic way and succeeds in giving a glimpse of the moral and ethical difficulties he faced in coming to terms with what was happening around him. The 'Sunflowers' sequence is especially poignant in this regard, as is his meeting with the mother of a dead SS man after the war. I recommend it highly. (Review by Jim Ferran)

2013-08-11