i cried . .
when the old guy in the hospital recognized him and ran to a nurse!
shareThat was a very powerful scene. I really felt his fear and horror.
shareYeah it was pretty intense.
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MovieChat Forums > Apt Pupil (1998) Discussion > i cried . .
I nearly cried. The scene was absolutely powerful and heartbreaking.
shareScene ripped off from either THE BOYS FROM BRAZIL or MARATHON MAN - I forget which. Old evil Nazo goes walking thru the diamond district in NYC and is spotted and recognized by an old Jewish lady who had been in the concentration camp he had been a doctor in. She goes screaming from person to person trying to get someone to help her.
The scene was even parodied on a SEINFELD episode.
The old man in this movie did a good job, but the entire circumstance was absurd.
That was 'Marathon Man'. The old Nazi was played by none other than Lord Laurence Olivier himself, while the role of the elderly woman was acted by Lotta Andor-Palfi, under the direction of John Schlesinger.
Frank Booth: You stay alive, baby. Do it for Van Gogh.
"Der Weisse Engel!! Der Weisse Engel!!" (The white angel -- a concentration camp doctor like Mengele) "Szell!! Szell!! Oh, that scene is brilliant and heartbreaking. Sir Olivier does a fantastic job in that role, adding layers of menace and psychological nuance to the character of the evil Nazi doctor. Even Dustin Hoffman turned in a credible performance as the bewildered but smart and savvy graduate student turned torture victim. Bravo.
http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=FRNzCCTuqpE
This film, Apt Pupil, was just showing on one of the premium movie channels, and I sat through part of it. The cat scene kind of did me in-- yeah I know, it is hardly that bad considering the human-on-human violence in this film (both overt and recounted). But the screaming kitty...
"I love those redheads!" (Wooderson, Dazed and Confused, 1993)
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That was really devastating, I cried a bit too. Especially the way he was sobbing and clutching to the nurse. Very well done and effective scene.
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