Music Box
Music Box is a 1989 film by Costa-Gavras that tells the story of a Hungarian-American immigrant who is accused of having been a war criminal. The plot revolves around his daughter, an attorney, who defends him, and her struggle to uncover the truth.
Plot
Hungarian immigrant Michael J. Laszlo faces a trial and having his U.S. citizenship revoked after being accused of war crimes during the Second World War. Laszlo insists it is mistaken identity. His daughter, Ann Talbot, a defense attorney, resolves to defend her father in court.
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| author | Joe Eszterhas |
|---|---|
| award | Golden Bear |
| contentLocation | Chicago |
| director | Costa-Gavras |
| editor | Joële Van Effenterre |
| events | The Holocaust World War II |
| keywords | ávo bank account battle of berlin car accident chain bridge claim death squad defense attorney family man hear hungarian gypsies hungary\'s then communist government kgb kill mistaken identity murder music box mysterious man office of special investigations people\'s republic of hungary poison police department police state question red army rom secret police siege of budapest soviet soviet bloc soviet defector soviet union state protection authority storming berlin suspect széchenyi lánchíd to remember torture war crimes west world war |
| musicBy | Philippe Sarde |
| nomination | Academy Award for Best Actress |
| producer | Irwin Winkler |
| productionCompany | Carolco Pictures |
| publisher | TriStar Pictures |
| recordedAt | Budapest Chicago |
| theme | legal |