“The kidnapping... The masquerade... The murder trial... Perhaps the most suspenseful shocker of our time.”
Overview
Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.
Directed by Arthur Hiller
Written by Robert Shaw, Edward Anhalt
Produced by Ely A. Landau
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About The Man in the Glass Booth
The Man in the Glass Booth is a drama, thriller film released in 1975 exploring themes of mossad, mental breakdown, arrest, industrialist, antisemitism, holocaust (shoah) survivor. Directed by Arthur Hiller, it stars Maximilian Schell, Lois Nettleton, Lawrence Pressman. Arthur Goldman is a rich Jewish industrialist, living in luxury in a Manhattan high-rise. He banters with his assistant Charlie, often shocking him with his outrageousness and irreverent musings on aspects of Jewish life. Nonetheless, Charlie is astonished one day when Israeli secret agents burst in and arrest Goldman for being a Nazi war criminal. Whisked to Israel for trial, Goldman forces his accusers to face, not only his presumed guilt, but their own.