Arthur Goldman
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Arthur Goldman is the enigmatic, morally ambiguous Jewish Holocaust survivor at the center of Robert Shaw’s play and film "The Man in the Glass Booth," whose identity and past war crimes are called into question during a dramatic trial.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Arthur Goldman canonical | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Holocaust survivor (fictional)
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fictional character ⓘ film character ⓘ literary character ⓘ protagonist ⓘ |
| appearsIn |
The Man in the Glass Booth
NERFINISHED
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The Man in the Glass Booth (film) NERFINISHED ⓘ The Man in the Glass Booth (play) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| associatedWorkGenre |
Holocaust drama
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drama ⓘ |
| backgroundInStory | wealthy Jewish industrialist (apparent) ⓘ |
| characterTrait |
enigmatic
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morally ambiguous ⓘ unreliable ⓘ |
| conflictType |
legal conflict
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psychological conflict ⓘ |
| creator | Robert Shaw NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicity | Jewish ⓘ |
| fictionalStatus | fictional Holocaust survivor ⓘ |
| identityStatus | uncertain ⓘ |
| languageOfWork | English ⓘ |
| medium |
film
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stage ⓘ |
| moralStatus | ambiguous ⓘ |
| narrativeFunction |
to blur line between victim and perpetrator
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to question reliability of historical testimony ⓘ |
| narrativeRole |
central figure in a war-crimes trial
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protagonist of The Man in the Glass Booth ⓘ |
| nationalityInStory | American (apparent) ⓘ |
| plotElement |
accused of Nazi war crimes
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identity called into question ⓘ subject of a dramatic trial ⓘ |
| portrayedInFilmBy | Maximilian Schell NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| religion | Judaism ⓘ |
| settingContext | post–World War II era ⓘ |
| themeInvolvement |
Holocaust memory
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guilt ⓘ identity ⓘ justice ⓘ responsibility for war crimes ⓘ revenge ⓘ |
| workForm |
screenplay character
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stage play character ⓘ |
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