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A fictional story which is loosely based upon the post-WWI period when the young Adolf Hitler (1889-1945) was an aspiring painter with a love for the classical periods. Set in 1918, the tale is based on an imagined relationship between young Adolf, and an influential Jewish art dealer and teacher, Max Hoffman, who did not encourage the future Nazi leader's artistic abilities. A discouraged artist, who later scorned modern art, Hitler's interests turn elsewhere--to hatred of Jews, and to Germany's questionable future. The story presents the argument--could one teacher's failure to encourage a young man to pursue his artistic endeavors be part of the root of the terror that came? Would the Holocaust have been prevented if Adolf Hitler had never stopped painting--and thus, was able to channel his creative energy?

Production
AAMPI Inc.; Aconit Pictures; Alliance Atlantis Communications [ca]; Bioskop Film [de]; Canadian Film or Video Production Tax Credit (CPTC) [ca](with the participation of); Film Council [gb]; H2O Motion Pictures; JAP Films [hu]; Natural Nylon II; Pathé Pictures International [gb];

Cast Names
Robert Whitelock; John Cusack; Noah Taylor; Leelee Sobieski; Molly Parker; Ulrich Thomsen; David Horovitch; Janet Suzman; András Stohl; John Grillo; Anna Nygh; Krisztián Kolovratnik; Peter Capaldi; Yuliya Vysotskaya; János Kulka; Katalin Pálfy; Kevin McKidd; Heather Cameron-McLintock; Joel Pitts; Tamás Lengyel; Attila Árpa; Daisy Haggard; Gábor Harsai; Paul Rattray; Derek Hagen; Caroleen Feeney; Mike (XIII) Kelly; Ben O'Brien; Agnes Becsei; Tibor Soltenszky;

Box Office
USD 527,019

Release Date
2002-11-09 (AFI Film Festival)
2002-12-27 (limited)

Genres
Drama; War;

MPAA Rating [?]
Rated R for language.

Running Time
1 hr. 46 min.

Director
Menno Meyjes

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