QB VII [VHS]

QB VII [VHS]
by Tom Gries

QB VII [VHS]
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Actor: Anthony Hopkins, Ben Gazzara, Juliet Mills, Lee Remick, Leslie Caron
Director: Tom Gries
Edition: VHS Tape
Format: NTSC
Publisher: Columbia/Tristar Studios
Studio: Columbia/Tristar Studios

VHS Movie Reviews of QB VII [VHS]

Movie Review: A Brilliant Film
Summary: 5 Stars

"QB VII"

A Brilliant Film

Amos Lassen


"QB VII" was a mini-series that first aired on television and it has stood the test of time even though it was made over thirty years ago. The plot is based on actual events, on a lawsuit that caused Leon Uris to write the book upon which this is based. Dr. Adam Kelno (Anthony Hopkins) was a well respected medical doctor who received the O.B.E. for his work in humanitarianism. Abraham Cady (Ben Gazzara), a writer who recently re-embraced Judaism, wrote a book on the Holocaust in which he stated that Kelno, among others, committed war crimes while working for the Nazi regime. The two take the issue to court, to Queens Bench VII, where Kelno defends himself but his past eventually catches up with him.
Anthony Hopkins is his wonderful self and he gives his character great expression and a sense of mystery. Gazzara does quite well as well even if he seems to be not too deep at the beginning. What makes the film so special is the nature of the case and the fine acting. If you want to see more about the darkest period of world history this is a film that you should not miss. The trial sequences are riveting and it is interesting to see a young Anthony Hopkins playing a man of the age that he is today.

Movie Review: I SEARCHED A LONG TIME, YEARS IN FACT, TO FIND THIS MOVIE.
Summary: 5 Stars

THE QUALITY OF THIS MINI SEARIES WAS BETTER THAN I EXPECTED. THE PRICE WAS AGREABLE AND WHEN I FINALLY WATCHED IT I WAS SUPRIZED AT HOW INTENCE HOPKINS ACTING WAS NO WONDER HE IS SUCH A GREAT ACTOR.

Movie Review: QBVII
Summary: 5 Stars

I read QBVII (Leon Uris) years ago when it first came out. And I saw it on TV as a mini-series. Both were wonderful. The TV series was well done with great actors, great sets and gripping historical realities. This is one of Anthony Hopkins' very early movies and he does a bang-up job as the doctor. Ben Gazzara as a jaded writer-turned-passionate is wonderful. Lee Remick, Juliet Mills, Jack Hawkins, Anthony Quayle--all superb. Powerful and addictive.

Movie Review: The Holocaust
Summary: 5 Stars

Nuremberg Trials (1947)Excellent story about what actually happened to the Jews in WWII. It is long, it was a TV miniseries.
Well worth it!

Movie Review: The writing on the wall...
Summary: 4 Stars

Ben Gazzara plays a rather cynical Jewish author who is inspired to write about an ex concentration camp doctor played by Hopkins. The book tells of the inhumane things that were done to the inmates of the camp. The doctor is outraged and sues the author for defamation. The trial takes up most of the second half of the film. Queen's Bench Seven is the name of the court room. Films are shown about the Holocaust and they are as horrific today as they ever were. The trial has the only kind of ending that it could have and that means that there really are no winners in a story like this one. It's great drama even if a bit harrowing at times and the cast turns in some great performances. This was actually the first TV mini-series and was shown in at least two parts when it first came out. Written by Leon Uris and based on a similar court case that he was involved in. Well worth your time even though it's a bit slow to start with.
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Summary of QB VII [VHS]

This five-hour miniseries, which was hailed as both a critical triumph and a milestone "television event" when it originally aired in 1974, is based on the Leon Uris novel, which itself was based on a libel trial that arose after Uris published his novel Exodus. The fictionalized drama is essentially the story of two men, Dr. Adam Kelno, a Polish doctor who was imprisoned by the Nazis in a concentration camp, and Abe Cady, a successful Hollywood writer who publishes a serious book on the Holocaust that exposes Kelno's past. Playing Dr. Kelno, Anthony Hopkins steals the show, and the nuances he brings to the character keep the audience guessing whether he is in fact a dedicated healer or a diabolical villain intent on papering over a fiendish past. Ben Gazzara is credible as the tough-talking Cady, but when Hopkins leaves the action for a time the film sags and begins to resemble an ordinary TV movie. Eventually the two men's lives come into conflict when Kelno sues for libel. The trial, which takes place in a London courtroom (the "Queen's Bench VII" of the title), seeks to sort out the truth about the past of Dr. Kelno. His precise activities during the war, and how the world deals with his past, receive intelligent and dramatic treatment. --Robert J. McNamara

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