Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
| Wallenberg: A Hero's Story | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Biographical film |
| Written by | Thurston B. Clarke (book) Frederick E. Werbell (book) Gerald Green |
| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Starring | Richard Chamberlain |
| Theme music composer | Ernest Gold |
| Country of origin | United States Yugoslavia |
| Original language | English |
| Production | |
| Executive producer | Dick Berg |
| Producers | Richard Irving Lamont Johnson (co-producer) Phillip Levitan (co-producer) |
| Production location | Yugoslavia |
| Cinematography | Charles Correll |
| Editor | Paul LaMastra |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
| Production companies | Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions Paramount Television |
| Original release | |
| Network | NBC |
| Release | April 8, 1985 |
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain about Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.
It won four Emmy Awards and was nominated for five more.[1]
Cast
- Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg
- Alice Krige as Baroness Lisl Kemeny
- Kenneth Colley as Adolf Eichmann
- Melanie Mayron as Sonja Kahn
- Stuart Wilson as Baron Gabor Kemeny
- Bibi Andersson as Maj von Dardel
- David Robb as Per Anger
- Mark Rylance as Nikki Fodor
- Ralph Arliss as Teicholz
- Keve Hjelm as Jacob Wallenberg
- Jimmy Nail as Vilmos
- Olaf Pooley as Tibor Moritz
- Georgia Slowe as Hannah Moritz
- Guy Deghy as Adm. Nikolas Horthy
- Curt Lowens as Dieter Wisleceny
Emmy Awards and nominations
- Wins
- Directing in a Limited Series or a Special - Lamont Johnson
- Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special - Paul LaMastra
- Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special
- Achievement in Costuming
- Nominations
- Drama/Comedy Special
- Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special - Richard Chamberlain
- Writing in a Limited Series or a Special - Gerald Green
- Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special - Charles Correll
- Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special
References
External links
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at IMDb
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at the TCM Movie Database
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at AllMovie
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Categories:
- 1985 television films
- 1985 films
- 1985 drama films
- Holocaust films
- Films set in Hungary
- Cultural depictions of Raoul Wallenberg
- Cultural depictions of Adolf Eichmann
- Films scored by Ernest Gold
- Films directed by Lamont Johnson
- American drama television films
- 1980s American films
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