---
title: 'Max (2002)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Menno Meyjes'
released: '2002-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 104
genres:
  - 'Drama'
countries:
  - 'United Kingdom'
  - 'Hungary'
  - 'Canada'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/max-2002'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0290210/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Max (2002)

2002 · 104 min · Drama · United Kingdom, Hungary, Canada


## Synopsis

Max is a 2002 drama film written and directed by Menno Meyjes in his directorial debut. The film stars John Cusack, Noah Taylor, Leelee Sobieski, and Molly Parker. Its plot depicts a fictional friendship between Jewish art dealer Max Rothman and a young Austrian painter, Adolf Hitler; more of which explores Hitler's views that begin to take shape as the Nazi ideology while also studying the artistic and design implications of the Third Reich. It goes on to study the question of what could have been had Hitler been accepted as an artist.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Menno Meyjes](https://cinepixo.com/people/menno-meyjes)
- **Screenplay:** [Menno Meyjes](https://cinepixo.com/people/menno-meyjes)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Dan Jones](https://cinepixo.com/people/dan-jones)
- **Director of Photography:** [Lajos Koltai](https://cinepixo.com/people/lajos-koltai)

## Cast

- [Peter Capaldi](https://cinepixo.com/people/peter-capaldi)
- [Noah Taylor](https://cinepixo.com/people/noah-taylor) as Adolf Hitler
- [John Cusack](https://cinepixo.com/people/john-cusack)
- [Molly Parker](https://cinepixo.com/people/molly-parker)
- [Leelee Sobieski](https://cinepixo.com/people/leelee-sobieski)
- [Janet Suzman](https://cinepixo.com/people/janet-suzman)
- [Ulrich Thomsen](https://cinepixo.com/people/ulrich-thomsen)
- [Kevin McKidd](https://cinepixo.com/people/kevin-mckidd)

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