Wallenberg: A Hero's Story Explained

Genre:	Biographical film
Director:	Lamont Johnson
Starring:	Richard Chamberlain
Theme Music Composer:	Ernest Gold
Country:	United States Yugoslavia
Language:	English
Executive Producer:	Dick Berg
Producer:	Richard Irving
Location:	Yugoslavia
Cinematography:	Charles Correll
Editor:	Paul LaMastra
Runtime:	200 minutes
Company:	Dick Berg-Stonehenge Productions Paramount Television
Network:	NBC

Wallenberg: A Hero's Story is a 1985 NBC television film starring Richard Chamberlain about Raoul Wallenberg, a Swedish diplomat who was instrumental in saving thousands of Hungarian Jews from the Holocaust.

The film was nominated for nine Primetime Emmy Awards (winning four) and a Golden Globe Award (for Richard Chamberlain).

Cast

• Richard Chamberlain as Raoul Wallenberg
• Alice Krige as Baroness Lisl Kemeny
• Kenneth Colley as Adolf Eichmann
• Melanie Mayron as Sonja Kahn
• Stuart Wilson as Baron Gabor Kemeny
• Bibi Andersson as Maj von Dardel
• David Robb as Per Anger
• Mark Rylance as Nikki Fodor
• Ralph Arliss as Teicholz
• Keve Hjelm as Jacob Wallenberg
• Jimmy Nail as Vilmos
• Olaf Pooley as Tibor Moritz
• Georgia Slowe as Hannah Moritz
• Guy Deghy as Adm. Nikolas Horthy
• Curt Lowens as Dieter Wisleceny

Awards and nominations

Year	Award	Category	Nominee(s)	Result	Ref.
	Golden Reel Awards	Best Sound Editing – Television Movies and Specials (including Mini-Series) – Music	Jeff Clark, Paul Timothy Carden, Nicholas Eliopoulos, Jeff Koford, Donald J. Malouf, Richard Raderman, Greg Stacy, Dan Thomas, James Troutman, Mike Virnig, Tally Paulos, and John La Salandra		^[1]
	Primetime Emmy Awards	Outstanding Drama/Comedy Special	Dick Berg, Richard Irving, Lamont Johnson, and Phillip Levitan		^[2]
		Outstanding Lead Actor in a Limited Series or a Special	Richard Chamberlain
		Outstanding Directing in a Limited Series or a Special	Lamont Johnson
		Outstanding Writing in a Limited Series or a Special	Gerald Green
		Outstanding Cinematography for a Limited Series or a Special	Charles Correll
		Outstanding Achievement in Costuming	Thomas Welsh, Bob E. Horn, and Marko Cerovac
		Outstanding Film Editing for a Limited Series or a Special	Paul LaMastra
		Outstanding Film Sound Editing for a Limited Series or a Special	Jeff Clark, Paul Timothy Carden, Nicholas Eliopoulos, Jeff Koford, Donald J. Malouf, Richard Raderman, Greg Stacy, Dan Thomas, James Troutman, Mike Virnig, Tally Paulos, and John La Salandra
		Outstanding Film Sound Mixing for a Limited Series or a Special	Robin Gregory, David J. Hudson, Mel Metcalfe, and Terry Porter
	Television Critics Association Awards
	American Cinema Editors Awards	Best Edited Episode for a Television Mini-Series	Paul LaMastra		^[3]
			Paul LaMastra
	Artios Awards	Outstanding Achievement in Mini-Series Casting	Eleanor Cooke		^[4]
	Directors Guild of America Awards	Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Dramatic Specials	Lamont Johnson		^[5]
	Golden Globe Awards	Best Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Richard Chamberlain		^[6]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Nominees/Winners . . April 3, 2019.
2. Web site: Wallenberg: A Hero's Story . . October 20, 2023.
3. Web site: Nominees/Winners . . April 3, 2019.
4. Web site: 1986 Artios Awards . . October 29, 1986 . October 20, 2023.
5. Web site: 38th DGA Awards . . October 20, 2023.
6. Web site: Wallenberg: A Hero's Story . . October 20, 2023.