Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth
The role of Goeth, commandant of the Plaszow death camp in Steven Spielberg’s Oscar-winning film, seems to allow for little subtlety; the man shoots Jews for target practice. But now this capricious monster strides into the basement of his barracks mansion and sees his maid, the lovely Jewish internee Helen Hirsch (Embeth Davidtz). Though he had chosen her as window dressing for the mausoleum he runs, her strength and grace have touched him. For a crucial moment, as we see on Fiennes’ face, evil pauses to consider itself. Could I have a decent feeling? Could I love this base creature, this beautiful thing, this Jewess? Just as quickly, and subtly, Fiennes’ face tells us no. Goeth’s fists flail out, not so much at Hirsch as at the recognition that he is doomed to solitude by his wickedness.
EVIL CHARACTERS
- George Siegmann as Silas Lynch
- Peter Lorre as Hans Beckert
- Margaret Hamilton as the Wicked Witch of the West
- Joseph Cotten as Uncle Charlie
- Barbara Stanwyck as Phyllis Dietrichson
- Ann Savage as Vera
- Marcel Herrand as Lacenaire
- Lionel Barrymore as Henry F. Potter
- Denis Price as Louis Mazzini
- James Cagney as Cody Jarrett
- Toshiro Mifune as Tajomaru
- Prithviraj as Justice Raghunat
- Carl Boehm as Mark Lewis
- Angela Lansbury as Mrs. Iselin
- Robert Mitchum as Max Cady
- Henry Fonda as Frank
- Klaus Kinski as de Aguirre
- Laurence Olivier as Dr. Christian Szell
- Arnold Schwarzenegger as the Terminator
- Michelle Pfeiffer as Catwoman
- Anthony Wong as Wong Chi-hang
- Ralph Fiennes as Amon Goeth
- Ving Rhames as Marsellus Wallace
- Anthony Hopkins as Hannibal Lecter
- Ian McDiarmid as Palpatine
