Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain about Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.
The film was nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards (winning four) and a Golden Globe Award (for Richard Chamberlain).
Cast Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg Alice Krige as Baroness Lisl Kemeny Kenneth Colley as Adolf Eichmann Melanie Mayron as Sonja Kahn Stuart Wilson as Baron Gabor Kemeny Bibi Andersson as Major Von Dardel David Robb as Per Anger Mark Rylance as Nikki Fodor Ralph Arliss as Teicholz Keve Hjelm as Jacob Wallenberg Jimmy Nail as Vilmos Langfelder Olaf Pooley as Tibor Moritz Georgia Slowe as Hannah Moritz Guy Deghy as Admiral Nikolas Horthy Curt Lowens as Dieter Wisleceny Bruce Purchase as Rabbi Mendel Relja Bašić as Colonel László Ferenczy Peter Capell as Kalman Lauer Tom Ormeny as Captain Bator Aubrey Morris as Colonel Ferenc Szálasi Thomas Hellberg as Danielsson Ferdy Mayne as Rabbi Preiss Don Fellows as Olsen Peter Karsten as Von Fremd Werner Pochath as 1st SS Sergeant Vili Matula as 2nd SS Sergeant Lena Olin as Marta Charles Brauer as Generalmajor Schmidthuber Venco Kapural as Rotha Per Anger as narrator Josipa Lisac as singer
Awards and nominations Year Award Category Nominee(s) Result Ref. Golden Reel Awards Best Sound Editing – Television Movies and Specials (including Mini-Series) – Music Jeff Clark, Paul Timothy Carden, Nicholas Eliopoulos, Jeff Koford, Donald J. Malouf, Richard Raderman, Greg Stacy, Dan Thomas, James Troutman, Mike Virnig, Tally Paulos, and John La Salandra Primetime Emmy Awards Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special Dick Berg, Richard Irving, Lamont Johnson, and Phillip Levitan Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special Richard Chamberlain Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special Lamont Johnson Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special Gerald Green Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special Charles Correll Outstanding Achievement in Costuming Thomas Welsh, Bob E. Horn, and Marko Cerovac Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special Paul LaMastra Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special Jeff Clark, Paul Timothy Carden, Nicholas Eliopoulos, Jeff Koford, Donald J. Malouf, Richard Raderman, Greg Stacy, Dan Thomas, James Troutman, Mike Virnig, Tally Paulos, and John La Salandra Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special Robin Gregory, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, and Terry Porter Television Critics Association Awards Outstanding Achievement in Specials American Cinema Editors Awards Best Edited Episode for a Television Mini-Series Paul LaMastra Paul LaMastra Artios Awards Outstanding Achievement in Mini-Series Casting Eleanor Cooke Directors Guild of America Awards Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials Lamont Johnson Golden Globe Awards Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television Richard Chamberlain
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