Ben Cross
Benjamin Grossman
Twist of Fate (1989)
Miniseries
SS-Lieutenant Colonel Helmut Von Schreader conceives an unusual plan to escape the aftermath of the Second World War by disguising himself as a Jewish Concentration Camp victim. Under the alias of Ben Grossman, Von Schreader is liberated from the camps and immigrates to Palestine where he joins the Zionist movement. Twenty five years later, living as a hero of Israel and a General in the Israeli Army, the underground SS organization ODESSA locates Von Schreader and orders to him to again serve the cause of the Third Reich.
Released Jan. 8, 1989
Episode 90 min
14+
Genres: Drama
Keywords: tmdb.miniseries, mdblist.imdb-tv-mini-series, imdb.reference-to-adolf-hitler, imdb.tv-mini-series, imdb.plot-to-kill-hitler, imdb.based-on-book, tmdb.israel + 11 more, tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.concentration-camp, tmdb.holocaust-shoah, tmdb.ss-nazi-schutzstaffel, tmdb.zionism, tmdb.based-on-true-story, tmdb.third-reich-iii-reich-1933-45, tmdb.assassination-attempt, tmdb.1940s, tmdb.1930s, tmdb.adolf-hitler
Production Companies: Jadran Film, HTV, Columbia Pictures Television
Network: NBC
Country: United States
Languages:
English
S1E1 - Part I
After becoming involved in the July 1944 plot to kill Adolf Hitler, SS Colonel Helmut von Schraeder blackmails an SS doctor to perform plastic surgery, allowing von Schrader to assume the identity of a Jewish man named Benjamin Grossman.
Jan. 8, 1989, midnight
S1E2 - Part II
Now living in Israel, Benjamin Grossman's family is put in danger when his past as an SS officer catches up to him. Meanwhile, his son discovers Grossman's true identity.
Jan. 9, 1989, midnight
Network: NBC
Episode Runtime: 90 min.
Season Runtime: 90 min.
Released: Jan. 8, 1989
Last Air Date: Jan. 9, 1989, midnight
Status: Ended
Certification: TV-14 / 14+
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