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📅 1990 ⏱ 1h 51min R Released FHD / 4K

Reversal of Fortune

"The Case of Claus Von Bulow. An American Saga of Money and Mystery."

Drama

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

🎬 DirectorBarbet Schroeder

📅 Release1990-10-19

🌍 CountryJapan, United Kingdom, United States of America

🗣 LanguageEnglish

🏢 StudioShochiku-Fuji Company, Sovereign Pictures, Reversal Films Inc.

🗳 Votes347

🔥 Popularity1

💵 Revenue$15,445,131

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🎭 Cast

Glenn Close

Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

Jeremy Irons

Claus von Bülow

Ron Silver

Alan Dershowitz

Annabella Sciorra

Sarah

Uta Hagen

Maria

Fisher Stevens

David Marriott

Jack Gilpin

Peter MacIntosh

Christine Baranski

Andrea Reynolds

Stephen Mailer

Elon Dershowitz

Christine Dunford

Ellen

Felicity Huffman

Minnie

Mano Singh

Raj

Johann Carlo

Nancy

Keith Reddin

Dobbs

Alan Pottinger

Chuck

🎥 Crew

DirectorBarbet Schroeder

ScreenplayNicholas Kazan

Director of PhotographyLuciano Tovoli

BookAlan Dershowitz

ProducerEdward R. Pressman

ProducerOliver Stone

EditorLee Percy

Original Music ComposerMark Isham

Co-ProducerElon Dershowitz

Associate ProducerMichael Flynn

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💬 Reviews

JPV852⭐ 7/10

Great performance from Jeremy Irons, well deserving of his Best Actor Academy Award, kind of is a letdown as both a legal and character drama. Some nice moments and solid performances from everyone but not sure I'll remember this one down the road. **3.5/5**…

CinemaSerf⭐ 6/10

Quite why Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for this performance is anyone's guess. Though it is certainly one of his better efforts, he still comes across as remarkably wooden and un-engaging. His character - Klaus von Bulow - has just been convicted of attempting to marry his wealthy, socialite, wife Sonny (Glenn Close) by injecting her with drugs and leaving her to freeze to death on the bathroom floor…