Jump! (2007 film)

Jump! is a 2007 British-Austrian drama film written and directed by Joshua Sinclair. It starred Ben Silverstone, Patrick Swayze and Martine McCutcheon. It was loosely based on the real-life Halsman murder case. The film was premiered during the 2007 Shanghai International Film Festival.

Synopsis
Set in Austria, in 1928, with the spectre of Nazism on the rise, a young Jew, Philippe Halsman, is accused of patricide after his father's death during a hike through the Alps. His strained relationship with his father, and the apparent evidence that he has been struck on the head with a rock, point towards the son's guilt. Halsman is put on trial, in Innsbruck, where his case is taken up by one of the country's leading lawyers.

Cast

 * Ben Silverstone – Phillippe Halsman
 * Patrick Swayze – Richard Pressburger
 * Martine McCutcheon – Liuba Halsman
 * Stefanie Powers – Katherine Wilkins
 * Sybil Danning – Anna Gruber
 * Heinz Hoenig – Morduch Halsman
 * Anja Kruse – Ita Halsman
 * Heinz Trixner – Emil Groeschel
 * Christoph Schobesberger – Siegfried Hohenleitner
 * Richard Johnson – Judge Larcher
 * Wolfgang Fierek – Leopold Zipperer
 * Adi Hirschal – Dr. Stein
 * Alf Beinell – Franz Eicher
 * Christian K. Schaeffer – Johan Weiler
 * Erik Jan Rippmann – Josef Eder
 * Cornelia Albrecht – Marilyn Monroe
 * Bernd Jeschek – Josef Weil

Production
Producer Lily Berger has stated that she wanted the movie to serve as a "definitive account of what happened" and that she hoped that it "helps to rehabilitate Philippe Halsman’s name once and for all." The film had a budget of approximately six million Euros. Filming took place partially in Innsbruck, Austria during 2006 and 850 extras were hired for Jump!. Berger has stated that Swayze considered the film "his most important work".

Reception
LA Weekly panned the film, calling it "Handsomely produced but dramatically inert." Linda Cook reviewed the movie for the Quad City Times, praising the performances of Silverstone and Swayze.