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The Holcroft Covenant (1985) 5.8
The son of a German General becomes part of a mysterious conspiracy to gain hidden Nazi funds. Director:John Frankenheimer |
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Cast
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Noel Holcroft
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| Anthony Andrews | ... |
Johann von Tiebolt /
Jonathan Tennyson
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| Victoria Tennant | ... |
Helden von Tiebolt /
Helden Tennyson
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| Lilli Palmer | ... |
Althene Holcroft
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Mario Adorf | ... |
Erich Kessler /
Jürgen Mass
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| Michael Lonsdale | ... |
Ernst Manfredi
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Bernard Hepton | ... |
Commander Leighton
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Richard Münch | ... |
Oberst
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Carl Rigg | ... |
Anthony Beaumont
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| André Penvern | ... |
Frederick Leger
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Andy Bradford | ... |
Hartman
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| Shane Rimmer | ... |
Lt. Miles
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Alexander Kerst | ... |
Gen. Heinrich Clausen
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Michael Wolf | ... |
Gen. Erich Kessler
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Hugo Bower | ... |
Gen. Wilhelm von Tiebolt
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Noel Holcroft is a foreign-born American citizen working in New York as an architect. In Geneva he meets with a respected Swiss banker who tells him he has been designated to be executor of a huge 4 1/2 billion dollar trust fund designed to make reparations for the war crimes of the Nazis. Holcroft's father, who committed suicide in 1945, was a key Hitler financial advisor who became conscience-stricken about German war atrocities, turned against the Fuehrer, and covertly diverted Nazi funds to a secret Swiss account. Under the terms of the covenant Holcroft must locate the sons of his father's two associates so they can jointly activate their fathers' account. They battle the sinister forces seem to be trying to prevent them from signing the document as it is believed that it will be used to establish a Fourth Reich. Written by duke1029@aol.com
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Country:
UKRelease Date:
18 October 1985 (USA) See more »Also Known As:
Holkroftova pogodba See more »Company Credits
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The letter Manfredi gives Holcroft, despite being 40 years ago, looks brand new. See more »Quotes
Manfredi: Mr. Holcroft, your father was a complicated man, and the word complicated doesn't begin to describe him.See more »
As an avowed life-long fan of Mr. Caine, and a true fanatic for The Manchurian Candidate, I was willing to give this whole miserable mess a bit of slack, until I got about twenty minutes into another scene w/ Mr. Caine as Mr. Holcroft loudly reminding us of his character's seemingly endless stupidity. (Michael Caine as a noisy simpleton? Give me a big, fat Nazi break! Not even Michael Caine is that good of an actor.)
The idea that life in a Nazi thriller unfolds like a Pink Panther sequel without punchlines is too difficult to swallow. Some of the scenes actually seem to me as if they were outtakes or lighting checks that ended up in the final edit by accident. I don't think I would care so much except that it is my beloved Michael Caine I am talking about here. The screenwriter should have been shot instead of this movie. The whole thing would have been more successful and excusable as a light comedy starring Peter Sellers as the bumbling Holcroft, neatly missing numerous assassination attempts while managing to solve the entire mystery purely by accident.
The queasy merger of bad 80's costumes and completely uninspired cinematography is the only conspiracy worth noting in this absurd waste of talent and money. I think the whole awful eighties cocaine craze was rampant on this movie set, and that no-one could tell a terrible script from a silver spoon by the time the whole thing got into production. I agree with the earlier reviewer - save this for a Worst Films Night with some good friends after a few stiff drinks are had by all, and hope no friendships are ruined in the process.