Reversal of Fortune

Oct 19, 1990

1h 51m

★ 6.6

The Case of Claus Von Bulow. An American Saga of Money and Mystery.

Overview

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Shochiku-Fuji Company

Sovereign Pictures

Reversal Films Inc.

Reversal of Fortune Trailers

Cast

Sunny von Bülow / Narrator

Glenn Close

Claus von Bülow

Jeremy Irons

Alan Dershowitz

Ron Silver

Sarah

Annabella Sciorra

Maria

Uta Hagen

David Marriott

Fisher Stevens

Peter MacIntosh

Jack Gilpin

Andrea Reynolds

Christine Baranski

Elon Dershowitz

Stephen Mailer

Ellen

Christine Dunford

Minnie

Felicity Huffman

Raj

Mano Singh

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