Fritz Bauer Institut · Cinematography of the Holocaust


Man in the Glass Booth. D: Hiller [US, 1975]

ID

FBW000666      Fiction

Country / Year

USA, 1975

Original Title

The Man in the Glass Booth

Directed by

Arthur Hiller

Produced by

American Film Theatre (AFT) Picture Corporation / Ely Landau Organization, Inc.; in partnership with Cinevision. Ltee

Staff

Producer: Ely A. Landau, Henry T. Weinstein (In Charge of Production); Executive producer: Mort Abrahams; Associate producer: Danny Steinmann (Production Associate); Production manager: Robert J. Koster; Production supervision: Jim Digangi; Production assistance: Jim Kaufman, Marji Abrahams; Secretary: Elizabeth A. Shipman (Production Secretary); Location manager: Tony Alatis; Assistent director: Robert T. Koster (1st Assistant Director), Lee Rafner (2nd Assistant Director); Continuity: Dolores Rubin Levin; Script: Edward Anhalt; Based on: Robert Shaw (Bühnenstück); Camera: Sam Leavitt; Cameraman: Al Myers; Assistent cameraman: Ron McManus; Still photograpy: John Gereghty; Editing: David Bretherton; Assistant editing: Gary Bell; Sound: Richard Wagner, Dennis Maitland; Sound recording: Don Mitchell (Re-Recording Mixer); Art direction: Joel Schiller; Grip: John Englert (Key Grip); Technical, var: Leslie Everson (Gaffer); Set decoration: Lenny Mazzola; Props: Syd Greenwood; Costumes: John A. Anderson, Phyllis Garr (Women’s Costumer); Makeup: Stan Winston; Haidressing: Charlene Johnson; Casting: Joe Scully; Press: Bob Yaeger (Unit Publicist)

Cast

Maximilian Schell (Arthur Goldman); Lois Nettleton (Miriam Rosen); Lawrence Pressman (Charlie Cohn); Luther Adler (Presiding Judge); Robert H. Harris (Dr. Weisberg); Henry Brown (Jack Arnold); Norbert Schiller (Dr. Schmidt); Lloyd Bochner (Churchill); Berry Kroeger (Joachim Berger); Leonardo Cimino (Dr. Alvarez); David Nash (Rami); Commie Sawyer (Mrs. Levi); Leonidas Ossetynski (Samuel Weinberg); Martin Berman (Uri); Richard Rasof (Moshe); Sy Kramer (Rudin); Allyson Ames (Alita Poe); Laura Campbell (Gwen Purfield); Jennifer Lee (Lauren Shavelson); Jackie Stolof (Lady Bea Jutland); Diana Walker (Doretta O’Reilly); Morris Buchanan (Gym Attendant)

Length

117'

Format

35mm/farbe (Eastmancolor)/1:1,37

Further Remarks

- Studioaufnahmen: Twentieth Century-Fox Film Studios
- Außenaufnahmen: New York, NY

Abstract

Court room drama.A man is brought to trial for committing Nazi atrocities during the war. He claims that he is Arthur Goldman, a wealthy Jewish businessman living in New York City. Based on the trial of Adolf Eichmann, who was put in a glass booth during the length of his trial.

Subject Terms

Eichmann trial; Post-war trials; New York, NY

Holdings

- National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA

Bibliography

- Nash, Ray R. / Ross, Stanley R. / Conelly, Robert B. (Ed.): Motion Picture Guide. Chicago, IL: Cinebooks, 1987
- Friedman, Lester: The Jewish Image in American Film. Secaucus, NJ: Citadel, 1987

Credits

- 1. [WARNER BROS. PICTURES] / A WARNER COMMUNICATIONS COMPANY
- 2. THE ELY LANDAU ORGANIZATION, INC. / and / CINEVISION LTEE / present
- 3. THE AMERICAN FILM THEATRE
- 4. MAXIMILIAN SCHELL in:
- 5. THE MAN IN THE / GLASS BOOTH
- 6. AN ARTHUR HILLER FILM
- 7. Also Starring / LOIS NETTLETON
- 8. LAWRENCE PRESSMAN / as Charlie Cohn
- 9. and / LUTHER ADLER
- 10. with / ROBERT H. HARRIS / HENRY BROWN / NORBERT SCHILLER / and / LLOYD BOCHNER
- 11. BERRY KROEGER / CONNIE SAWYER / DAVID NASH / LEONARDO CIMINO
- 12. Executive Producer / MORT ABRAHAMS
- 13. In Charge of Production / HENRY T. WEINSTEIN
- 14. Costume Design / JOHN A. ANDERSON / Make-up Created by / STAN WINSTON
- 15. Production Supervisor / JIM DIGANGI / Production Manager / ROBERT J. KOSTER
- 16. Production Design / JOEL SCHILLER
- 17. Director of Photography / SAM LEAVITT, A.S.C.
- 18. Editor / DAVID BRETHERTON, A.C.E.
- 19. Screenplay / EDWARD ANHALT
- 20. Producer / ELY LANDAU
- 21. Director / ARTHUR HILLER
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- 1. THE CAST / Arthur Goldman - MAXIMILIAN SCHELL / Miriam Rosen - LOIS NETTLETON / Charlie Cohn - LAWRENCE PRESSMAN / Presiding Judge - LUTHER ADLER / Churchill - LLOYD BOCHNER / Dr. Weisberg - ROBERT H. HARRIS / Jack - HENRY BROWN / Dr. Schmidt - NORBERT SCHILLER / Joachim Berger – BERRY KROEGER / Dr. Alvarez - LEONARDO CIMINO / Mrs. Levi - CONNIE SAWYER / Samuel Weinberg / LEONIDAS OSSETTYNSKI / Rami - DAVID NASH / Uri - MARTIN BERMAN / Moshe - RICHARD RASOF / Rudin - SY KRAMER / Alita Poe - ALLYSON AMES / Gwen Purfield - LAURA CAMPBELL / Lauren Shavelson - JENNIFER LEE / Lady Bea Jutland - JACKIE STOLOF / Doretta O’Reilly - DIANA WALKER / Gym Attendant - MORRIS BUCHANAN / Production Associate / DANNY STEINMANN / 1st Assistant Director / ROBERT T. KOSTER / 2nd Assistant Director / LEE RAFNER / Casting / JOE SCULLY / Unit Publicist / BOB YAEGER / Still Photographer / JOHN GEREGHTY / Set Decorator / LENNY MAZZOLA / Women’s Costumer / PHYLLIS GARR / Property Master / SYD GREENWOOD / Camera Operator / AL MYERS / Assistant Cameraman / RON MCMANUS / Script Supervisor / DOLORES RUBIN LEVIN / Assistant Film Editor / GARY BELL / Production Sound / RICHARD WAGNER / DENNIS MAITLAND / Re-Recording Mixer / DON MITCHELL / Key Grip / JOHN ENGLERT / Gaffer / LESLIE EVERSON / Hairdresser / CHARLENE JOHNSON / Location Manager / TONY ALATIS / Production Assistant / JIM KAUFMAN / MARJI ABRAHAMS / Production Secretary / ELIZABETH A. SHIPMAN / Optical Effects and Titles / OPTICALS WEST / N.S.S. / Terrace sculpture courtesy of / THE MARLBOROUGH GALLERY / Terrace location courtesy of / GATEWAY SPORTING / GOODS COMPANAY / Filmed in Eastman Color at the / Twentieth Century-Fox Film Studios / and on location in New York City / […] […] / COPYRIGHT 1975 BY AFT PICTURE CORPORATION / ALL RIGHTS RESERVED / RELEASED BY / AFT DISTRIBUTING CORPORATION / THIS HAS BEEN A PRESENTATION OF / [AFT] / THE AMERICAN FILM THEATRE
Abschrift lt. Kopie: National Center for Jewish Film, Waltham, MA