Music Box

IMDb link: 0100211
IMDb rating: 7.4 (9,724 votes)
Genres: Thriller, Crime, Drama
Director: Costa-Gavras
Cast: Armin Mueller-Stahl, Jessica Lange, Frederic Forrest, Donald Moffat and others

Release date: 19 Jan 1990
Release year: 1989
Runtime: 124 minutes
Country: United States, Netherlands, Hungary
Keywords: war crime, cartoon on tv, chicago sun times the newspaper, lawyer, immigrant, hungarian, war criminal, female protagonist, lawyer client relationship, family relationships

Plot:

Hungarian immigrant Mike Laszlo has done well for himself since arriving in the USA over 40 years ago after WWII's end. He is particularly proud of his daughter, Ann, a successful lawyer. Following the release of some secret WWII records by the Russians, Mike finds himself accused of being a notorious war criminal. He's convinced it's a Communist plot to discredit him and insists that Ann defend him in court.

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