Synopsis
Mel and Jane Mermelstein are a true-life California couple, thrown into the spotlight of judicial history in the 1980s. Mel is a Hungarian-born Jew, sole-survivor of his family's extermination at Auschwitz, and Jane, a Southern Baptist from Tennessee. Their four children are good kids, typical Americans, with just enough orneriness to irritate each other, but enough love and class to pull together when it counts.
Ratings
IMDb6.7/10
6 audience votes
Key crew
- Joseph SargentDirector
- Ronald RubinWriter
- Henry ManciniOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Leonard NimoyMel Mermelstein
- Dabney ColemanWilliam Cox
- Blythe DannerJane Mermelstein
- Paul HamptonRichard Fusilier
- Jason PressonBernie Mermelstein
- Juliet SorciEdie Mermelstein
- Benji GregoryKenny Mermelstein
- Hanna LandyElsie Smolena
- David MarguliesRabbi Hier
- William BassettLewis Brandon
- Steve FrankenDan Greenspan
- Carl StevenYoung Mel
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Themes
neo-nazismholocaust (shoah)antisemitism1980sholocaust (shoah) denial