Max
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Menno Meyjes
John Cusack
Noah Taylor
Leelee Sobieski
Molly Parker
Ulrich Thomsen
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
A fictional story which is loosely based upon the post-WWI period when the young Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was an aspiring painter with a love for the classical periods. Set in 1918, the tale is based on an imagined relationship between young Adolf, and an influential Jewish art dealer and teacher, Max Hoffman, who did not encourage the future Nazi leader's artistic abilities. A discouraged artist, who later scorned modern art, Hitler's interests turn elsewhere--to hatred of Jews, and to Germany's questionable future. The story presents the argument--could one teacher's failure to encourage a young man to pursue his artistic endeavors be part of the root of the terror that came? Would the Holocaust have been prevented if Adolf Hitler had never stopped painting--and thus, was able to channel his creative energy?
Director
Menno Meyjes
Cast
John Cusack
Noah Taylor
Leelee Sobieski
Molly Parker
Ulrich Thomsen
Judit Hernadi
David Horovitch
Janet Suzman
Andras Stohl
John Grillo
Anna Nygh
Kristztian Kolovratnik
Peter Capaldi
Julia Vissotskaya
Jßnos Kulka
Katalin Palfy
Kevin Mckidd
Heather Cameron
Joel Pitts
Tamas Lengyel
Attila Arpa
Daisy Haggard
Gabor Harsay
Paul Rattray
Derek Hagen
Caroleen Feeney
Mike Kelly
Ben O'brian
Agnes Bescei
Tibor Soltenszky
Kerrie Macdonald
Matt Devere
Kerry Shale
Heather Hermant
Laszlo Borbely
Peter Linka
Laszlo Gorog
Andor Timar
Janos Rado
Tamas Puskas
Pandora Colin
Rabbi Robert Frohlich
Mike Kelly
Krisztian Kolovratnik
Crew
Andrea Albert
Robertne Banky
Csaba Benedek
Sidney Blumenthal
Peter Bognar
Damon Bryant
Judit Csak
John Cusack
Jonathan Debin
Miklos Dorogi
Egon Endrenyi
Istvan Erdos
Gabor Gajdos
Linda Gamble
Nina Gold
Andras Hamori
Francois Ivernel
Daniel Jones
Lajos Koltai
Lacia Kornylo
Agota Kovacs
Marianna Kovacs
Tibor Lazar
Cameron Mccracken
Agnes Menyhart
Menno Meyjes
Tom Ortenberg
Ferenc Osmos
Gyorgy Santa
Istvan Sipos
Gabor Szanto
Kati Tomola
Ben Van Os
Dien Van Straalen
Chris Wyatt
Film Details
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Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States Winter December 27, 2002
Released in United States on Video May 20, 2003
Released in United States November 2002
Feature directorial debut for Menno Meyjes.
Released in United States Winter December 27, 2002
Released in United States on Video May 20, 2003
Released in United States November 2002 (Shown at AFI/Los Angeles International Film Festival (International Competition) November 7-17, 2002.)
