The Man in the Glass Booth

The Man in the Glass Booth

117 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Jan. 27, 1975

Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished when, one day, Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being not a Jewish businessman but a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt--but their own.

The Man in the Glass Booth

117 mins | Drama, Action, Thriller | Jan. 27, 1975

The Man in the Glass Booth
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking Charlie with his outrageousness and irreverence about aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished when, one day, Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being not a Jewish businessman but a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face not only his presumed guilt--but their own.
IMDb rating 7.0
Producers The American Film Theatre, Cinévision Ltée, The Ely Landau Organization Inc.
Original title The Man in the Glass Booth
Directors Arthur Hiller
Writers Edward Anhalt, Robert Shaw

Cast

Maximilian Schell

as Arthur Goldman

Lois Nettleton

as Miriam Rosen

Lawrence Pressman

as Charlie Cohn

Luther Adler

as Presiding Judge

Lloyd Bochner

as Dr. Churchill

Robert H. Harris

as Dr. Weisburger

Henry Brown

as Jack

Norbert Schiller

as Dr. Schmidt

Berry Kroeger

as Joachim Berger

Leonardo Cimino

as Dr. Alvarez

Connie Sawyer

as Mrs. Levi

Leonidas Ossetynski

as Samuel Weisberg

David Nash

as Rami

Martin Berman

as Uri

Richard Rasof

as Moshe