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The Eichmann Show

Behind the scenes, this true-life chronicle follows groundbreaking producer Milton Fruchtman and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz as they overcome formidable obstacles to secure the testimony of Adolf Eichmann, one of World War II's most infamous Nazis, accused of executing the 'final solution' and organizing the murder of six million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the Eichmann trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.

Director(s)

Paul Andrew Williams

Where to watch

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Cast & Crew

Anthony LaPaglia

Anthony LaPaglia

Leo Hurwitz

Nicholas Woodeson

Nicholas Woodeson

Yaakov Jonilowicz

Martin Freeman

Martin Freeman

Milton Fruchtman

Rebecca Front

Rebecca Front

Mrs Landau

Andy Nyman

Andy Nyman

David Landor

Samuel West

Samuel West

Narrator

Morwenna Banks

Morwenna Banks

Female Translator (voice)

Ian Porter

Ian Porter

NY Times Journalist

Anna-Louise Plowman

Anna-Louise Plowman

Jane Hurwitz

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

Alan Rosenthal

Justin Salinger

Justin Salinger

David Arad

Zora Bishop

Zora Bishop

Eva Fruchtman

Dylan Edwards

Dylan Edwards

Roy Sedwell

Solomon Mousley

Solomon Mousley

Perry

Ed Birch

Ed Birch

Millek Knebel

Nell Mooney

Nell Mooney

NY Times Journalist’s Wife

Paul Andrew Williams

Paul Andrew Williams

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Vaidotas Martinaitis

Vaidotas Martinaitis

Adolf Eichmann

Ben Addis

Ben Addis

Ron Huntsman

Caroline Bartleet

Caroline Bartleet

Judy Gold

Nathaniel Gleed

Nathaniel Gleed

Tommy Hurwitz

Details

GenresDrama, History, TV Movie
Runtime1h 30 mins
Released on20 Jan 2015
Languageen
Produced InUnited Kingdom
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Reviews

Reno

8/10

> Behind story of a historical event's TV documentation. This BBC film was based on the actual event that took place in the early 60s, Jerusalem. About televising the trial from a courtroom, which was the first ever documentary series to broadcast. One of a top Nazi officer, Adolf Eichmann, who fled during the end of world war two and settled down in the South America, but brought back with the help of Mossad to Israel to face the war crime charges. The movie won't demonstrate all those in the picture, but it begins with the television production house preparing to shoot the important television event in the history. So the show begins, but a boring first half and the next half is where all the interesting stuffs happen. In my prediction this movie with the powerful contents would have easily beaten the 'The Imitation Game', if it was produced grandly and commercialised a bit of narration for the worldwide market. The real video clips of the trial were merged into the movie and that gave a strong effect which allows to realise how those actual occurrences has taken place. Actually, there are some uncensored cuts, which were shocking and disturbing. So pretty much like a semi-documentary, but due to the majority of movie clips that shot with actors and in the sets, it feels like a TV movie as it should be. > "While he watches the footage, we'll be watching him. > Only then will we see the real Eichmann." The performances were ordinary, because the screenplay preferred the main event to display, not the characters and their lifestyle. That makes it is not a biographical picture, though both the lead men were pretty impressive. We had seen many world war 2 and related to it movies, but this one was a different. Because of the story was set 15 years after the end of war. Simple movie, no twists, no developments, but reveals the facts from a different dimension. Because of this show, people around the world and filmmakers understood the cruelty of the Nazi prison camp. The movies those came afterwards about this war were inspired by the events that discussed in the courtroom. So if you are planning for this, expect it to be as what the title says, not a bit more or less. 8/10

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