Overview
A holocaust survivor now living as a respected writer in Manhattan is the only person who can identify a suspected Nazi back in his native Austria. When a beautiful reporter eager for a scoop tries to lure him back, Geburtig must decide whether to confront his past.
Fun facts
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Nominations
Nominated for the International Submission to the Academy Awards (2003)
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Based on
Based on Born-where
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Music
Music by Peter Ponger
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Edward Klosinski
Details
- Directors
- Writers
- Georg Stefan TrollerWriter
- Robert SchindelWriter, Novel
- Lukas StepanikWriter
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- March 18, 2002
- Original language
- German
- Countries
- Austria, Germany, Poland
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In the United States
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Cast
Peter SimonischekHermann Gebürtig
Ruth RieserSusanne Ressel
August ZirnerDanny Demant
Katja WeitzenböckCrissie Kalteisen
Daniel OlbrychskiKonrad Sachs
Samuel FinziEmanuel Katz
Corinna HarfouchElse Sachs- Otto Tausig
Ernst StankovskiKarl Ressel
Karlheinz HacklVater Gebürtig- Bruno DallanskyHorst Hofstätter
Maria SewerynSabin
Branko SamarovskiWilli Klang
Peter MaticDavid Lebensart
Annemarie DüringerAmalie Katz
Chris PichlerThea Leitner jung / Annemarie Leitner- Hermann SchmidEggenberger
- Edd StavjanikRudolf Pointner
Wolfgang S. Zechmayer
Jörg Panknin
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