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Reversal of Fortune

The Case of Claus Von Bulow. An American Saga of Money and Mystery.

6.7(368)19901h 51m4

Wealthy Sunny von Bülow lies brain-dead, husband Claus guilty of attempted murder; but he says he's innocent and hires Alan Dershowitz for his appeal.

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Status
Released
Budget
—
Box office
$15.4M
Language
English
  • coma
  • based on novel or book
  • biography
  • murder
  • lawyer
  • based on memoir or autobiography
  • law student
  • socialite
  • legal drama
  • diabetes

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Japan, United Kingdom, United States of America

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Release dates

  • United StatesUS

    • Theatrical (limited)R19 Oct 1990
    • TheatricalR9 Nov 1990
  • United KingdomGB

    • Theatrical1511 Jan 1991
    • Physical1530 Apr 1991
    • Physical1530 Sept 2003
  • CanadaCA

    • PremiereToronto International Film Festival12 Sept 1990
  • CzechiaCZ

    • Physical1 Feb 1994
  • DenmarkDK

    • Theatrical9 Nov 1990
  • FranceFR

    • Theatrical9 Jan 1991
  • GermanyDE

    • Theatrical129 Nov 1990
  • IrelandIE

    • Theatrical1518 Jan 1991
  • ItalyIT

    • Theatrical24 Jan 1991
  • JapanJP

    • Theatrical2 Feb 1991
  • NetherlandsNL

    • Theatrical1615 Feb 1991
    • Physical16DVD6 Dec 2006
  • PhilippinesPH

    • TVABS-CBN, Million Dollar Movies10 Apr 1994

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Reversal of Fortune was released on 19 October 1990.

Audience reviews

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    JPV852

    9/28/2020

    7/10

    Great performance from Jeremy Irons, well deserving of his Best Actor Academy Award, kind of is a letdown as both a legal and character drama. Some nice moments and solid performances from everyone but not sure I'll remember this one down the road. **3.5/5**

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    CinemaSerf

    5/21/2023

    6/10

    Quite why Jeremy Irons won an Oscar for this performance is anyone's guess. Though it is certainly one of his better efforts, he still comes across as remarkably wooden and un-engaging. His character - Klaus von Bulow - has just been convicted of attempting to marry his wealthy, socialite, wife Sonny (Glenn Close) by injecting her with drugs and leaving her to freeze to death on the bathroom floor (odd how they've go…

  • K

    kevin2019

    10/11/2026

    8/10

    "Reversal of Fortune" is as satisfyingly complex and utterly fascinating as any murder mystery you might encounter. It successfully establishes the viewpoint of what might be considered a curious bystander and it just observes. It neither exonerates nor does it condemn Claus Von Bulow (it wisely leaves this task to the courts) and it draws no specific conclusions at all regarding the facts and the general minutiae at…

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