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
Nick Nolte
Howard Campbell
Sheryl Lee
Helga Noth / Resi Noth
Alan Arkin
George Kraft
Bernard Behrens
Reverend Dr. Lionel Jones
Anna Berger
Epstein's Mother
Arye Gross
Dr. Abraham Epstein
Norman Rodway
Werner Noth
Frankie Faison
Robert Sterling Wilson
Gerard Parkes
Father Patrick Keeley
Vlasta Vrana
August Krapptauer
Zach Grenier
Joseph Goebbels
Kirsten Dunst
Young Resi Noth
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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