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Stephen Glantz

Stephen Glantz

Writing

Biography

Stephen Glantz is an award winning screenwriter and author. His book Clara's War, published in the U.S. by Harper Collins, has been translated into 21 languages and was named a Sophie Brody Honor Book by the American Library Association. His most recent film, Crescendo, directed by Dror Zhavi and released in 2020, received a special award from the Cinema for Peace Foundation at the Berlin Festival. Also honored were Vanessa Redgrave, Costa Gavras and Gerald Butler. Wunderkinder, released in 2011 and directed by Marcus Rosenmueller, received the Yad Vashem Award as best film at the Jerusalem Film Festival. The film also garnered three awards at The Giffoni Children's Film Festival, won best screenplay in Copenhagen and received over a dozen audience awards at festivals including Palm Springs, Stony Brook and The Berkshire International Film Festival.

Known For

Showdown in Little Tokyo
6.4

An American with a Japanese upbringing, Chris Kenner is a police officer assigned to the Little Tokyo section of Los Angeles. Kenner is partnered with Johnny Murata, a Japanese-American who isn't in touch with his roots. Despite their differences, both men excel at martial arts, and utilize their formidable skills when they go up against Yoshida, a vicious yakuza drug dealer with ties to Kenner's past.

Showdown in Little Tokyo

1991
Murder So Sweet
6.0

A hometown heartthrob (Harry Hamlin) marries the local beauties and then poisons them in this true story of a real lady killer. His ex-wife suspects that he is responsible for the death of his latest wife, and enlists the help of a detective to prove her right.

Murder So Sweet

1993
The Last Train
7.2

A group of people are imprisoned in a rail car bound from Berlin to a concentration camp in 1945.

The Last Train

2006
To Life!
5.2

Fate has taken its toll on the aging cabaret singer Ruth and the young but terminally ill Jonas. Yet despite their great age difference and their entirely opposite experiences in life, they form an intense bond and give each other a reason and purpose to live.

To Life!

2014
The Watsons Go to Birmingham
7.0

In the Summer of 1963, Flint, Michigan is home to the Watsons, a close knit family. When 15 year-old Byron’s antics go over the top, his parents realize enough is enough and they decide the family needs a dose of Grandma Sands' no nonsense approach in Birmingham, Alabama. So the Watsons load up their 1948 Plymouth Brown Bomber and head South. When they finally make it to Birmingham, they meet Grandma Sands and her friend, Mr. Robert and discover that life is very different there than in Flint. During that historic summer, the Watsons find themselves caught up in something far bigger than Byron’s antics; something that will change their lives and country forever.

The Watsons Go to Birmingham

2013
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6.5

After the death of her husband, Jody and her daughter Samantha return to her home town. Sometimes she leaves Samantha with her old friend Winn. Only after an accident a doctor discovers that she has been abused - apparently by Winn! Jody reports immediately to the police and tries everything to avoid complications. But when it turns out that Winn still might win the case by some procedural tricks, she commits an act of desperation.

While Justice Sleeps

1994
Wunderkinder
6.6

Three musically talented children look to the future, but their hopes crumble when Germany and Russia enter into war.

Wunderkinder

2011
Crescendo
6.1

When world-famous conductor Eduard Sporck accepts the job to create an Israeli-Palestinian youth orchestra, he is quickly drawn into a tempest of sheer unsolvable problems.

Crescendo

2020
Babiy Yar
4.5

Autumn 1941. The Soviet army flees Kyiv, chaos reigns, soldiers attempt to trade their uniforms for civilian clothes in order to escape unnoticed. The war and pending capture of Kyiv by the Germans is the only topic of discussion. Everyone has heard of the horrible things that have happened in other areas, where Jews were brutally and inhumanely murdered. Indecision and despair spread like wildfire among the population. As the German army marches in, fear and horror take over.

Babiy Yar

2003
Wilbur Falls
4.3

A teen gives her graduation address and reveals her involvement in the disappearance of one her classmates, a boy who had taunted her. The film then moves into flashback to tell the story.

Wilbur Falls

1998