Mother Night

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Mother Night is a 1996 film adaptation of Kurt Vonnegut’s novel, following an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist as he grapples with guilt, identity, and moral ambiguity.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf film
adaptationOf Mother Night (novel) NERFINISHED
authorOfSourceWork Kurt Vonnegut NERFINISHED
basedOn Mother Night (novel) NERFINISHED
castMember Alan Arkin NERFINISHED
David Strathairn NERFINISHED
Geraldine Chaplin NERFINISHED
John Goodman NERFINISHED
Kirsten Dunst NERFINISHED
Nick Nolte NERFINISHED
Sheryl Lee NERFINISHED
cinematographyBy Tom Richmond NERFINISHED
countryOfOrigin United States of America
surface form: United States
director Keith Gordon NERFINISHED
distributor Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
editedBy Lori Ball NERFINISHED
filmingLocation New York City
Toronto NERFINISHED
follows an American playwright turned Nazi propagandist
genre drama film
historical drama film
war film
hasNarrativeDevice first-person narration
hasNarrativeStructure framed confession
leadActor Nick Nolte NERFINISHED
mainCharacter Howard W. Campbell Jr. NERFINISHED
musicBy Michael Convertino NERFINISHED
narrativeTheme guilt
identity
moral ambiguity
novelPublicationYear 1961
originalLanguage English
portrays Nazi propaganda
espionage
war crimes trials
producer Amy Hobby NERFINISHED
Davin Seay NERFINISHED
Keith Gordon NERFINISHED
productionCompany Fine Line Features NERFINISHED
Sandollar Productions NERFINISHED
releaseYear 1996
runtimeMinutes 114
screenwriter Robert B. Weide NERFINISHED
setDuring World War II NERFINISHED
setting Germany NERFINISHED
United States of America
surface form: United States

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Lajos Koltai cinematographyBy Mother Night
Kurt Vonnegut notableWork Mother Night
Richard Marquand directed Mother Night