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A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.A film studying the depiction of a friendship between an art dealer named Rothman and his student, Adolf Hitler.
- Awards
- 3 wins & 5 nominations
Kata Pálfi
- Mrs. Epp
- (as Katalin Pálfy)
Heather Cameron-McLintock
- Ada Rothman
- (as Heather Cameron)
- Director
- Writer
- All cast & crew
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Did you know
- TriviaTo help get this controversial movie financed, producer/star John Cusack took no salary for acting in the lead role.
- GoofsThe family gathers to listen to the reports of the Armistice Agreement Terms (November 1918) on a radio. However, broadcasting in Germany didn't start until 1923 and was strictly experimental and limited before that.
- Quotes
Max Rothman: Hitler, come on. I'll buy you a glass of lemonade.
- ConnectionsFeatured in Cinemania: I anodos kai i ptosi tou Nazismou (2008)
Featured review
The Artist Formerly Known As Hitler
MAX (2002) *** John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Molly Parker, Leelee Sobieski, Ulrich Thomsen. Filmmaker Menno Meyjes' audacious yet non-offensive examination on the colossal What If of all time: What if Adolph Hitler continued his path into a career as an artist instead of a genocidal madman? Based on facts and an amalgamated character in the form of Max Rothman (a never finer Cusack in one of his best adult' roles to date) a WWI vet who has returned to his Munich based art dealership minus a limb with an ever-gnawing question: What now? Enter problematic young artist wannabe and fellow German war vet Hitler (Taylor in a tricky yet full-force to be reckoned with turn) insisting his friendship with the tormented Rothman to the limits (and the beginnings of the end for history). The film is a tad bland in some areas however the prickly wonderings of what may have been make it all the worthwhile.
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- george.schmidt
- Dec 30, 2002
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Box office
- Budget
- $11,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $539,879
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $30,157
- Dec 29, 2002
- Gross worldwide
- $660,763
- Runtime1 hour 46 minutes
- Color
- Sound mix
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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