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"As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father?"

1989

2h 4m

7.1(170 votes)

Drama

Thriller

Mystery

Overview

A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.

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Cast & Crew

25 members

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Jessica Lange

Ann Talbot

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Armin Mueller-Stahl

Mike Laszlo

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Donald Moffat

Harry Talbot

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Lukas Haas

Mike Talbot

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Cheryl Lynn Bruce

Georgine Wheeler

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Mari Törőcsik

Magda Zoldan

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Frederic Forrest

Jack Burke

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J.S. Block

Judge Silver

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Sol Frieder

Istvan Boday

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Michael Rooker

Karchy Laszlo

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Elżbieta Czyżewska

Melinda Kalman

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Magda Szekely Marburg

Judit Hollo

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Felix Shuman

James Nathanson

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Michael Shillo

Geza Vamos

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George Pusep

Vladimir Kostav

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Mitchell Litrofsky

Sandy Lehman

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Albert Hall

Mack Jones

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Joe Guzaldo

Joe Dinofrio

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Tibor Kenderesi

Pal Horvath

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Christiana Nicola

Marie

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Ned Schmidtke

Dean Talbot

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Larry Brandenburg

John Staley

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Margo Winkler

Irma Kiss

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Ralph Foody

Pawn Broker

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György Emőd

Andra Nagy

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