TV & VIDEO - March 1, 1988

Ben Kingsley, who won an Oscar for his portrayal of humanitarian Mahatma Gandhi, has been cast to portray another great humanitarian, Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal in “Murderers Among Us: The Simon Wiesenthal Story,” Home Box Office announced Monday. The project marks the first time Wiesenthal has permitted anyone to film his life story, according to HBO Pictures and Programming executive Rick Bieber. HBO will co-produce “Murderers” with Robert Cooper Productions and TV South. Principal photography is set to begin this spring in Budapest, Hungary.