Music Box
“As a lawyer all she wanted was the truth. As a daughter all she wanted was his innocence. How well do you really know your father?”
A lawyer defends her father accused of war crimes, but there is more to the case than she suspects.
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Cast
25 people
Jessica Lange
Ann Talbot
Known for
Big Fish
Cape Fear
Armin Mueller-Stahl
Mike Laszlo
Known for
Eastern Promises
The Thirteenth Floor
Donald Moffat
Harry Talbot
Known for
The Thing
Clear and Present Danger
Lukas Haas
Mike Talbot
Known for
Inception
Spider-Noir
Cheryl Lynn Bruce
Georgine Wheeler
Known for
Daughters of the Dust
To Sir, with Love II
Mari Törőcsik
Magda Zoldan
Known for
Sunshine
The Boys of Paul Street
Frederic Forrest
Jack Burke
Known for
Apocalypse Now
Falling Down
J.S. Block
Judge Silver
Also in
Homicide
Sol Frieder
Istvan Boday
Known for
Love and Death
A Midsummer Night's Sex Comedy
Michael Rooker
Karchy Laszlo
Known for
Guardians of the Galaxy
The Walking Dead
Elżbieta Czyżewska
Melinda Kalman
Known for
The Saragossa Manuscript
A Kiss Before Dying
Magda Szekely Marburg
Judit Hollo
No other roles listed
Costa-Gavras Director · Joe Eszterhas Screenplay Philippe Sarde Composer
Worldwide gross $6.3M · United States release December 22, 1989 · Produced in United States
Box office
Worldwide gross
$6,263,883
Production
Carolco Pictures
Production
Winkler Films
Production
TriStar Pictures
Studio · Production
United States
Produced in
Languages
Original language
English
Spoken on screen
English · Hungarian · Spanish
Release dates
United States · December 22, 1989
Theatrical
France
February 28, 1990 · Theatrical
March 25, 1992 · Physical · VHS
October 5, 2005 · Physical · DVD
May 25, 2016 · Digital · VOD
September 1, 2023 · Physical · Blu-Ray
Greece
February 28, 1990 · Theatrical
Japan
December 8, 1990 · Theatrical
Netherlands
April 23, 1990 · Theatrical
April 5, 2007 · Physical · DVD
South Korea
February 24, 1990 · Theatrical
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