7.5 /10
The story of a Jewish family living in Hungary—through three generations—rising from humble beginnings to positions of wealth and power in the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The patriarch becomes a prominent judge but is torn when his government sanctions anti-Jewish persecutions. His son converts to Christianity to advance his career as a champion fencer and Olympic hero, but is caught up in the Holocaust. Finally, the grandson, after surviving war, revolution, loss and betrayal, realizes that his ultimate allegiance must be to himself and his heritage.
Run Time: 181 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Sep 13, 1999
Director: Director: Istvn Szab,
Stars: Ralph Fiennes, Rosemary Harris, Rachel Weisz, Jennifer Ehle, Deborah Kara Unger,
6.2 /10
Coleman Silk is a worldly and admired professor who loses his job after unwittingly making a racial slur. To clear his name, Silk writes a book about the events with his friend and colleague Nathan Zuckerman, who in the process discovers a dark secret Silk has hidden his whole life. All the while, Silk engages in an affair with Faunia Farley, a younger woman whose tormented past threatens to unravel the layers of deception Silk has constructed.
Run Time: 106 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Oct 29, 2003
Director: Director: Robert Benton,
Stars: Anthony Hopkins, Nicole Kidman, Ed Harris, Gary Sinise, Wentworth Miller,
7.6 /10
The story of Michael Berg, a German lawyer who, as a teenager in the late 1950s, had an affair with an older woman, Hanna, who then disappeared only to resurface years later as one of the defendants in a war crimes trial stemming from her actions as a concentration camp guard late in the war. He alone realizes that Hanna is illiterate and may be concealing that fact at the expense of her freedom.
Run Time: 124 Min . MMPA: 17 . Release: Jan 02, 2008
Director: Director: Stephen Daldry,
Stars: Kate Winslet, Ralph Fiennes, David Kross, Lena Olin, Bruno Ganz,