The Holcroft Covenant

Sep 20, 1985

1h 52m

★ 5.5

Overview

A man who was a confidant of Adolf Hitler dies and leaves a fortune to make amends for his Nazi past—but his son has to search the world to find it.

Genres

Action

Thriller

Drama

Production Companies

Thorn EMI Screen Entertainment

Holcroft Films

Ely and Edy Landau

Universal Pictures

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Cast

Noel Holcroft

Michael Caine

Johann von Tiebolt

Anthony Andrews

Helden von Tiebolt / Helden Tennyson

Victoria Tennant

Althene Holcroft

Lilli Palmer

Erich Kessler / Jürgen Mass

Mario Adorf

Ernst Manfredi

Michael Lonsdale

Oberst

Richard Münch

Gen. Heinrich Clausen

Alexander Kerst

Fritzl

Guntbert Warns

Executive Secretary

Shelley Thompson

Commander Leighton

Bernard Hepton

Anthony Beaumont

Carl Rigg

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