MOTHER NIGHT United States

In 1961, Howard W. Campbell, Jr., an
obscure American playwright, is delivered
to an Israeli prison. Awaiting trial as a
Nazi war criminal, Campbell finds himself
in the cell directly below that of the notorious
Adolph Eichmann, who is also about
to stand trial for his crimes against humanity.
Asked by the Israelis to prepare his
memoirs for the archives, Campbell is
given a typewriter and enough paper and
ribbon to account for his long and complicated
life. He starts to write, and thus
begins the tale of Howard W. Campbell, a
man who embraced the worst of causes
for the best of reasons… -Production
notes. Mother Night is Ella Taylor’s (LA
Weekly) Critic’s Choice

Details

Country: USA

Year: 1996

Director: Keith Gordon

Producers: Keith Gordon, Robert B. Weide

Director of Photography: Tom Richmond

Editor: Jay Rabinowitz

Cast/Featuring: Nick Nolte (Howard Campbell), Sheryl Lee (Resi Noth), Sheryl Lee (Helga Noth), Alan Arkin (George Kraft), John Goodman ((uncredited) Frank Wirtanen)

Running Time (minutes): 113 min

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