

An American spy behind the lines during WWII serves as a Nazi propagandist, a role he cannot escape in his future life as he can never reveal his real role in the war.
Acting
Nolte's unraveling—every twitch is a confession.
Writing
Vonnegut adaptation that actually respects the bitter irony.
Direction
Gordon's controlled descent into moral freefall.

Director
Keith Gordon
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Vonnegut himself called this his only novel with a moral: 'We are what we pretend to be, so we must be careful about what we pretend to be.' The film honors this with a cameo from the author as a sad bystander.
The black-and-white 'Nuremberg' sequences were shot on location at the actual Palace of Justice where the trials occurred—Gordon smuggled his crew in during renovations.
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