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“As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father?”
Costa-GavrasCast
Jessica Lange 
Armin Mueller-Stahl 
Frederic Forrest
Credits
Written by: Joe Eszterhas
Plot
A Chicago lawyer defends her Hungarian immigrant father against charges that he committed war crimes in the Second World War.
Sinekatalog’s take
Costa-Gavras's courtroom drama has Jessica Lange defending her father against war-crime charges. Armin Mueller-Stahl is superb, and the film is a gripping, morally knotty thriller with a powerful final twist.Sinekatalog’s own editorial review – not a user or critic quote.
Ratings
IMDb: 7.4 / 10 (9,894 votes)
IMDb rating and vote count from the IMDb ratings dataset (October 2026). Scores change over time.
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