Wallenberg: A Hero's Story

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
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
Producers	Richard Irving Lamont Johnson (co-producer) Phillip Levitan (co-producer)
Running time	200 minutes
Original release
Release	April 8–9, 1985 (US)

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.

It won four Emmy Awards and was nominated for five more.

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

Awards and nominations

Emmy Award 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

Emmy 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

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