An exciting and extremely well acted film
14 April 2019
Warning: Spoilers
The Man in the Glass Booth, 1975. *Spoiler/plot- Millionaire Jewish businessman Arthur Goldman runs his New York city business from his opulent penthouse. Seemingly on the edge of his sanity he pontificated on baseball, ex-wives, Papal press releases to his family massacre in the Nazi extermination camps. In Goldman's paranoia, he remarks on a lurking bleu Mercedes parked outside his residence. His staff; his personal assistant and chauffeur dismiss their bosses mental wanderings. Until Israeli agents capture Goldman and take him to Israel to stand trial as SS Nazi Colonel Adolf Dorph. The trial become an intense and fascinating scene study.

*Special Stars- Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton. DIR: Arthur Miller, WRITER: Robert Shaw.

*Theme- Maybe an explorations of a well known psychological themes. Maybe Survivor's guilt and hostage syndrome, called The Helsinki Syndrome.

*Trivia/location/goofs- OCSAR nominated for Mr. Schell. Story written by famous British/Irish actor, Robert Shaw.

*Emotion- An exciting and extremely well acted film for all involved especially Schell.

*Based On- Nazi hunting and post WW2 Nazi trials.
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