The Man in the Glass Booth

4/11/2026

This really is a tour de force from Maximilian Schell and though it is verbally theatrical in the extreme at times, it is possibly up there with his equally empassioned effort from 'Judgement a Nuremberg' (1961). Initially, we meet the eccentric millionaire 'Goldman' living in his Manhattan penthouse discussing his extensive business interests with his assistant 'Charlie' (Lawrence Pressman). This is a man who is clearly intelligent, opinionated and that sharpness and flamboyant exuberence isn't exactly underplayed by Schell. Then he has some visitors to his high-rise apartment who turn out to be Mossad agents and who spirit him to Jerusalem where he is to be put on trial under his true identity. SS Colonel Karl Dorff; a man responsible for the slaughter of thousands during the war. Somewh