Categories Actors Actors of Greatness Film Germans Laurence Olivier Marathon Man Psychopaths videos Christian Szell: Marathon Man {1976}. Post author By ml22 Post date July 14, 2019 No Comments on Christian Szell: Marathon Man {1976}. The sadistic, notorious war criminal Christian Szell {portrayed memorably by Laurence Olivier} gets up to some nefarious goings-on in Marathon Man…until Dustin Hoffman finally captures him (…on film). Tags actors, Actors of Greatness, great actors, great performances, iconic performances, Laurence Olivier, Marathon Man, movies, thrillers