Story of three generations of the Sonnenscheins, a Jewish-Hungarian family that began when Hungary was ruled by the Austro-Hungarian empire, changed their name to Sors in order to survive the years of Nazi occupation, and now faces the fallout of the postwar Communist legacy.
Production Alliance Atlantis Communications [ca]; Bavaria Film and Television Fund [de](as Bavaria Film and TV Fund); Channel Four Films [gb]; Dor Film Produktionsgesellschaft [at]; Eurimages [fr]; Hungarian Motion Picture Fund [hu]; ISL Film; InterCom [hu]; Kinowelt Filmproduktion [de]; Movie Network, The (TMN) [ca]; Serendipity Point Films [ca]; TV2 [hu]; Téléfilm Canada [ca]; Vienna Film Financing Fund [at]; Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) [at];
Cast Names Sándor Szakácsi; Jack Beresford; Werner von Blomberg; Wilhelm Brückner; Gudrun Diem; Henri de Baillet-Latour; Wilhelm Frick; Josef Goebbels; Rudolf Hess; Adolf Hitler; Wilhelm Keitel; King Umberto II; Nikkolas Lavorato; Theodor Lewald; Julius Schaub; Fritz Schilgen; Ralph Fiennes; Rosemary Harris; Rachel Weisz; Jennifer Ehle; Deborah Kara Unger; Molly Parker; James Frain; David de Keyser; John Neville; Miriam Margolyes; Rüdiger Vogler; Mark Strong; Bill Paterson; Trevor Peacock;
Box Office USD 5,095,981
Release Date 2000-06-09 (limited)
Genres Drama; History; Romance; War;
MPAA Rating [?] Rated R for strong sexuality, and for violence, language and
nudity.