Poster from TMDB
Film · TMDB
7.2A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
Cast
- Jessica Lange as Ann Talbot
- Armin Mueller-Stahl as Mike Laszlo
- Donald Moffat as Harry Talbot
- Lukas Haas as Mike Talbot
- Cheryl Lynn Bruce as Georgine Wheeler
- Mari Törőcsik as Magda Zoldan
Themes
- daughter
- court case
- court
- jurors
- war crimes
- sentence
- proof
- legal thriller
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
Ratings
IMDb
7.4/10
9,614 votes
Rotten Tomatoes
75%
- Year
- 1989
- Runtime
- 124 min
- Genres
- Crime, Drama, Thriller
- Rated
- PG-13
- Awards
- Nominated for 1 Oscar. 1 win & 3 nominations total
via OMDb · IMDb
Key facts
- Directed by
- Costa-Gavras
- Written by
- Joe Eszterhas
- Produced by
- Irwin Winkler
- Starring
- Jessica Lange Armin Mueller-Stahl Frederic Forrest Lukas Haas
- Cinematography
- Patrick Blossier
- Edited by
- Joële Van Effenterre
- Music by
- Philippe Sarde
- Production companies
- Carolco Pictures , Irwin Winkler Productions
- Distributed by
- Tri-Star Pictures
- Release date
- December 22, 1989 ( 1989-12-22 )
- Running time
- 124 minutes
- Country
- United States
- Languages
- English, Hungarian
- Budget
- $18 million
- Box office
- $6.3 million
via Wikipedia infobox
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- film
- Award
- Golden Bear
- Genre
- thriller film
- Country of origin
- United States
- Original language
- English language
- Main subject
- The Holocaust
- Director
- Costa-Gavras
- Screenwriter
- Joe Eszterhas
- Cast member
- Albert Hall
- Composer
- Philippe Sarde
- Producer
- Irwin Winkler
- Production company
- Carolco Pictures
- Cinematographer
- Patrick Blossier
- Narrative location
- Chicago
- Filming location
- Budapest
- Duration
- 124
- FilmAffinity ID
- 197468
- Distribution format
- video on demand
Show 8 more facts
- publication date
- 1989-01-01
- title
- Music Box
- nominated for
- Academy Award for Best Actress
- production designer
- Jeannine Oppewall
- distributed by
- Netflix
- different from
- Music box
- review score
- 75%
- executive producer
- Joe Eszterhas
Sources (9)
via Wikidata · CC0
~10 min read
Encyclopedic overview
Music Box is a 1989 American legal thriller 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.
The film was written by Joe Eszterhas and directed by Costa-Gavras. It stars Jessica Lange, Armin Mueller-Stahl, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat and Lukas Haas. The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Music Box” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.