Wallenberg: A Hero's Story
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| Directed by | Lamont Johnson |
| Produced by |
Richard Irving Lamont Johnson (co-producer) Phillip Levitan (co-producer) |
| Written by |
Thurston B. Clarke (book) Frederick E. Werbell (book) Gerald Green |
| Starring | Richard Chamberlain |
| Country |
United States Yugoslavia |
| Language | English |
| Release date | April 8–9, 1985 (US) |
| Running time | 200 minutes |
Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.
It won four Emmy Awards and was nominated for five more.
Cast
- Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg
- Alice Krige as Baroness Lisl Kemeny
- Kenneth Colley as Adolf Eichmann
- Melanie Mayron as Sonja Kahn
- Stuart Wilson as Baron Gabor Kemeny
- Bibi Andersson as Maj von Dardel
- David Robb as Per Anger
- Mark Rylance as Nikki Fodor
- Ralph Arliss as Teicholz
- Keve Hjelm as Jacob Wallenberg
- Jimmy Nail as Vilmos
- Olaf Pooley as Tibor Moritz
- Georgia Slowe as Hannah Moritz
- Guy Deghy as Adm. Nikolas Horthy
Awards and nominations
- Emmy Award wins
- Directing in a Limited Series or a Special - Lamont Johnson
- Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special - Paul LaMastra
- Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special
- Achievement in Costuming
- Emmy nominations
- Drama/Comedy Special
- Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special - Richard Chamberlain
- Writing in a Limited Series or a Special - Gerald Green
- Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special - Charles Correll
- Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special
External links
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at the Internet Movie Database
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at the TCM Movie Database
- Wallenberg: A Hero's Story at AllMovie
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