A biographical portrayal of Simon Wiesenthal, famous Nazi Hunter. From his imprisonment in a Nazi Concentration Camp, the film follows his liberation and his rise to become one of the leading Nazi hunters in the world, bringing such criminals to justice as Adolf Eichmann and Klaus Barbee. (from IMDB).

Kingsley's character: Simon Wiesenthal.

For his portrayal of Wiesenthal, Kingsley was nominated for the award of Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special at the 1989 Emmy Awards, as well as for that of Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for TV, at the 1990 Golden Globes.