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Two Men (1988)

Two Men poster
Directed by
Gordon Pinsent
Genre
drama
Country
Canada
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 1 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor living in Toronto learns that the Nazi officer who killed most of his family is also in the city and living a comfortable life as a businessman. He must decide how to confront the man and the past.

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What happens

Two Men is a Canadian television film, directed by Gordon Pinsent and broadcast by CBC Television in 1988. The film stars John Vernon as Alex Koves, a Hungarian Jewish Holocaust survivor living in Toronto, Ontario, who discovers that Michael Barna (Jan Rubeš), the Nazi officer responsible for the death of most of Koves' family at Auschwitz, is also living in the city as a successful and respected businessman. The cast also includes Martha Gibson, Patricia Collins and Lila Kedrova. The film aired on November 20, 1988. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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