In '' Music Box '' ( 1989 ) , a respected Hungarian immigrant ( Armin Mueller-Stahl ) is accused of having commanded an Anti-Semitic death squad during World War II . His daughter , a Chicago defense attorney played by Jessica Lange , agrees to defend him at his denaturalization hearing . The film is inspired by the arrest and trial of Ukrainian immigrant John Demjanjuk and screenwriter Joe Eszterhas ' realization that his father had been a member of the Hungarian Arrow Cross Party . The film won the Golden Bear at the 40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
40th Berlin International Film Festival
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