Max

Max

  • Director: Menno Meyjes
  • Countries of origin: Hungary, Canada, United Kingdom
  • Language: English
  • Release date: June 20, 2003
  • Runtime: 1 hour 46 minutes
  • Sound mix: Dolby Digital
  • Aspect ratio: 1.85 : 1
  • Also known as: Hoffman
  • "Max" is a film written and directed by Menno Meyjes , starring John Cusack , Noah Taylor , Leelee Sobieski , Molly Parker and more. The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival in Canada on September 10, 2002.
    The film tells the story of the 30-year-old Hitler, who wandered between art and politics, and his uneasy youth after the end of the First World War, and his friend, the Jewish art dealer Max   .

    Details

    • Release date June 20, 2003
    • Filming locations Budapest, Hungary
    • Production companies AAMPI Inc., Aconit Pictures, Alliance Atlantis Communications

    Box office

    Budget

    $11,000,000 (estimated)

    Gross US & Canada

    $539,879

    Opening weekend US & Canada

    $30,157

    Gross worldwide

    $660,763

    Movie reviews

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    • By Dovie 2022-10-23 23:58:43

      Will to fate

      This film cannot be regarded as a historical biography: Hitler failed to apply for the Academy of Fine Arts twice before World War I, and then became a wandering youth in Vienna. After the end of World War I, he was determined to pursue a career in politics. He first served as a guard in a prisoner of war camp, and then began to do propaganda, and thus discovered his ability to speak... These experiences are evidenced by "Mein Kampf". But as "purely fictional", the plot design is not...

    • By Keith 2022-10-23 23:28:52

      tragedy

      Tragedy belongs to all mankind. When Max died, the big pool of blood in his head seemed to be a foreshadowing of the bloody World War II soon. It may be the reason why I like Cusas better. When I saw him being beaten, the nerves in my wrist twitched in shock for a long time.

      In addition, human beings always advertise their rationality, think very highly of themselves, and think that they are the masters of all things, but sometimes what they do is so unacceptable. Crazy,...

    • By Sherwood 2022-10-23 22:19:34

      When Marx Met Hitler--John Cusack "The Storm Changes"


      I have been looking for this movie "Change of Color" for a long time, and finally I found it and saw it. The poster design is very interesting. Behind the "X" is the Nazi logo, which symbolizes a shadow.

      The movie is starring John Cusack, who has liked this handsome American actor very much since the prison in the sky. The film is not based on real historical events and biographies, but a fictional fable, but the film is very successful in that the life choices and turning...

    • By Soledad 2022-10-23 10:21:30

      When Hitler was young

      The real name of the film is "Marx", but this Marx is not the other. He is a disabled soldier who lost his right arm in the First World War. Jewish painter. However, what is even more interesting is that although this film features Marx as the protagonist, all the focus is on the supporting role in the film, because that role's name is Adolf Hitler.
      Adolf Hitler was a young man, like millions, who had just been demobilized, with frustration, bewilderment, and nervous apprehension about...

    User comments

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    • By Guiseppe 2023-09-15 20:59:10

      There are always some people who are a small part of a large number of people, so what, yes, there is always a mixture of visible history and invisible facts....

    • By Flavio 2023-08-26 18:17:50

      The book is so good, and there is also john...

    • By Bartholome 2023-08-10 06:53:41

      No matter what happened to Max that night, Hitler would still go down that road. He had already seen the future. The young Hitler in the movie was very...

    • By Eula 2023-07-18 22:30:46

      A very good interpretation of someone's perverted mental journey, the ending is a bit too flamboyant, completely...

    • By Adrien 2023-07-15 06:15:19

      I'd say this looks great! an interpretation. good...

    Movie plot

    Munich, 1918. The world has just emerged from the smoke of the First World War. Everyone is facing great changes and is in shock every day. The future has never approached so rapidly. In this era of sudden changes, it is a paradise for careerists and dreamers. The lines between art, politics and personal beliefs have become unexpectedly blurred, and there is only one question: what now. Where will everything go.
    For Max Rothman ( John...
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    Evaluation action

    The screenwriter and director of the film, Menno Meyjes, has written the script for Spielberg's " The Color Purple " and other films, but this film is his directorial debut, so the first part of the film seems a little loose in rhythm, the performance of the characters and the plot. The explanations of the film are a little blunt, and it is for this reason that the last 20 wonderful minutes played a wonderful role in turning corruption...
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    Movie quotes

    • Max Rothman: Listen, do you wanna meet some girls?

      Adolf Hitler: Girls?

      Max Rothman: Yes, Hitler, girls! You know, those brilliant creatures who make you feel artistic without doing a stitch of work? Come on.

    • Max Rothman: I've heard these theories all my life: blood science, eugenics; it's rubbish. It's complete nonsense. It's kitsch. Put it out of your mind. It's not modern. It's not scientific. It will hold you back as an artist. Speaking of which, how's your work coming along? I mean, why are you making those appalling speeches for the army?

      Adolf Hitler: I'm just keeping my hand in it.

      Max Rothman: Keeping your hand in what?

      Adolf Hitler: The army is paying my expenses.

      Max Rothman: Ah, so you don't actually believe that rubbish.

      Adolf Hitler: Don't tell me you're happy with the peace.

      Esther: Hello, Max.

      Max Rothman: Hello, Esther. How are you, sweetheart?

      [Max stands up, kisses Esther on both cheeks, and sits back down]

      Max Rothman: I think the peace is a travesty, but I don't think I can be bothered to pick up the German banner from the mud with my left arm. I gave at the office, you know.

    • [first lines]

      [George Grosz crashes and drunkenly runs stumbling in, looks around at the paintings on display, and begins to vomit]

      Max Rothman: George, so glad you like it.

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