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Max is a 2002 Hungarian-Canadian-British fictional drama film, that depicts a friendship between a Jewish art dealer, Max Rothman, and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler. The film explores Hitler's views which began to take shape as the Nazi ideology; while also studying the artistic and design implications of the Third Reich and how their visual appeal helped hypnotize the German people. The film goes on to study the question of what could have been had Hitler been accepted as an artist. The film was the directorial debut of Menno Meyjes, who also wrote the film.
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2002 · 1h 46m · War · Drama
TMDB 6.2/10 (114 votes)
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
Directed by Menno Meyjes
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Menno MeyjesDirector
John Cusackas Max Rothman
Noah Tayloras Adolf Hitler
Leelee Sobieskias Liselore von Peltz
Molly Parkeras Nina Rothman
Yuliya Vysotskayaas Hildegard
Peter Capaldias David Cohn
Ulrich Thomsenas Captain Mayr
Janet Suzmanas Max's Mother
David Horovitchas Max's Father
Daisy Haggardas Heidi