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What if Hitler had just... stayed an art bro?
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Rotten Tomatoes
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Audience Score
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Max (2002)

historical what-ifuncomfortably intimateintellectual chamber drama

Overview

DramaWar

In 1918, a young, disillusioned Adolf Hitler strikes up a friendship with a Jewish art dealer while weighing a life of passion for art vs. talent at politics

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Content warning
controversyinfidelity

Standout Aspects

Acting

Noah Taylor's Hitler: pathetic, dangerous, weirdly magnetic

Writing

The art critique scenes crackle with ideological tension

Production

Gorgeous Munich sets that feel like a coffin being built

Best for:Solo: Late night when you want to feel haunted by possibilities·Rewatch: Catch the micro-expressions in Taylor's performance
Heads up:Triggers: Anti-Semitic slurs and rising Nazi ideology depicted directly·Disturbing: Watching a monster humanized; the film knows you hate this
Menno Meyjes

Director

Menno Meyjes

ReleasedSep 10, 2002
Runtime1h 46m
StatusReleased

Vibe

Paceslow
Intensitymedium
Tonedark
Feelheavy
Budget$11M
Alliance Atlantis
Neue Bioskop Film

Top Cast

John Cusack

John Cusack

Max Rothman

Noah Taylor

Noah Taylor

Adolf Hitler

Leelee Sobieski

Leelee Sobieski

Liselore von Peltz

Molly Parker

Molly Parker

Nina Rothman

Kevin McKidd

Kevin McKidd

George Grosz

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Yuliya Vysotskaya

Hildegard

Peter Capaldi

Peter Capaldi

David Cohn

Ulrich Thomsen

Ulrich Thomsen

Captain Mayr

Janet Suzman

Janet Suzman

Max's Mother

David Horovitch

David Horovitch

Max's Father

Daisy Haggard

Daisy Haggard

Heidi

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Deep Dive

Trivia, insights & behind the scenes

Trivia

Menno Meyjes spent 15 years trying to get this made; every studio passed until Cusack agreed to produce and star.

Cultural

The film sparked protests at its 2002 release, with some critics calling it 'Hitler's rehabilitation tour'—a debate that arguably misses its point about complicity.

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