Music Box is a 1989 American legal thriller directed by Costa-Gavras from a screenplay by Joe Eszterhas, starring Jessica Lange as an attorney who defends her Hungarian-American immigrant father, played by Armin Mueller-Stahl, against accusations that he committed war crimes during the Second World War and should have his citizenship revoked. Loosely based on the real case of John Demjanjuk, it won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Music Box is a 1989 American legal thriller directed by Costa-Gavras from a screenplay by Joe Eszterhas, starring Jessica Lange as an attorney who defends her Hungarian-American immigrant father, played by Armin Mueller-Stahl, against accusations that he committed war crimes during the Second World War and should have his citizenship revoked.
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Golden Bear winner at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
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The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
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Music Box is a 1989 American legal thriller film by Costa-Gavras that tells the story of a Hungarian-American immigrant who is accused of having been a war criminal.
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Music Box is a 1989 American legal thriller film by Costa-Gavras that tells the story of a Hungarian-American immigrant who is accused of having been a war criminal.
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The film was written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras.
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