Father
"Father" suffers from a static, made-for-TV look but is bolstered significantly by the two central performers — Max von Sydow and Carol Drinkwater.As a man accused of hiding his Nazi past, von Sydow brings a breadth of dignity and drama that — to some degree — overcomes the film's technical weaknesses and the screenplay's predictability.
Drinkwater is also fine as his daughter, shattered by having her business and home life disrupted (she operates a pub and hotel with her husband and children) when the accusations about her father go public. It's also interesting to have a film of this type set in Australia, which inherently provides more interest.
The story has von Sydow as a refugee from Germany after the war, now living with his daughter's family in Sydney. The accusations are made by a woman who goes to a television station with the story that von Sydow was among the German SS officers who sadistically tortured and murdered her family.
The bulk of the film concentrates on the relationship between von Sydow and Drinkwater, which becomes more strained as the film progresses — and they make it work with thoughtful intensity.