The read
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do. Scores higher than 72% of the 1,160 1970s drama movies in this catalog.
Synopsis
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.
Ratings
IMDb7/10
Rotten Tomatoes83%
Critics rate it 13 points higher than audiences do.
29 audience votes
Key crew
- Arthur HillerDirector
- Edward AnhaltScreenplay
Cast
- Maximilian SchellArthur Goldman
- Lois NettletonMiriam Rosen
- Lawrence PressmanCharlie Cohn
- Luther AdlerPresiding Judge
- Lloyd BochnerDr. Churchill
- Robert H. HarrisDr. Weisburger
- Henry BrownJack
- Norbert SchillerDr. Schmidt
- Berry KroegerJoachim Berger
- Leonardo CiminoDr. Alvarez
- Connie SawyerMrs. Levi
- Leonidas OssetynskiSamuel Weisberg
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Themes
mossadmental breakdownarrestindustrialistantisemitismholocaust (shoah) survivorracismpsychiatristguiltimpersonationnazi huntergerman jew