Handsomely produced but dramatically inert.
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Jump
Overview
JUMP is a psychological drama revealing for the first time the extraordinary circumstances behind the unjust murder trial of the young Jew, Philippe Halsman, who would later become the most sought after celebrity portrait photographer of his generation.
Director and cast
- Joshua Sinclair Director
- Patrick Swayze as Richard Pressburger
- Ben Silverstone as Phillippe Halsman
- Martine McCutcheon as Liuba Halsman
- Christoph Schobesberger as Siegfried Hohenleitner
- Sybil Danning as Anna Gruber
- Heinz Hoenig as Morduch Halsman
- Anja Kruse as Ita Halsman
- Heinz Trixner as Emil Groeschel
- Wolfgang Fierek as Leopold Zipperer
- Christian Schaeffer as Johan Weiler
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