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Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story

Description: As Austrian Jews living in the Ukraine at the beginning of World War II, Simon Wiesenthal (Ben Kingsley) and his family are captured by Nazis and sent to live in a series of prison camps, where Wiesenthal cheats death several times. When he is liberated from Mauthausen in 1945, Wiesenthal provides vital information to the Americans in the Nuremberg War Trials and dedicates his life to hunting down Nazi war criminals, even though doing so comes at a cost to his family.
Genre: Drama, War
Year Released: 1989
First episode air date: April 23, 1989
Awards: Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Limited Series, Movie, or Dramatic Special
Initial Release: April 23, 1989
Director: Brian Gibson
Network: HBO
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