Summaries

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 Barbie.—Anthony Hughes <[email protected]>

As Austrian Jews living in the Ukraine at the beginning of World War II, Simon Wiesenthal, and his family are captured by Nazis and sent to live in a series of prison camps, where Wiesenthal cheats death several times. When he is liberated from Mauthausen in 1945, Wiesenthal provides vital information to the Americans in the Nuremberg War Trials and dedicates his life to hunting down Nazi war criminals, even though doing so comes at a cost to his family.—Jwelch5742

Details

Keywords
  • male nudity
  • holocaust
  • male frontal nudity
  • genocide
  • concentration camp
Genres
  • Drama
  • War
  • Biography
Release date Apr 22, 1989
Countries of origin United States United Kingdom Hungary West Germany
Language English
Filming locations Hungary
Production companies Citadel Entertainment HBO Pictures Hungarian Television

Box office

Tech specs

Runtime 2h 40m
Color Color
Sound mix Stereo
Aspect ratio 1.33 : 1

Synopsis

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