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The Eichmann Show

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6.7/10 • 184

2015-01-201h 30m

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The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, who is accused of executing the 'final solution' and organising the murder of 6 million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.

Directors
Paul Andrew Williams
Writters
Simon Block
Editors
James Taylor

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  1. Anthony LaPaglia

    Anthony LaPaglia

    Leo Hurwitz

  2. Martin Freeman

    Martin Freeman

    Milton Fruchtman

  3. Rebecca Front

    Rebecca Front

    Mrs Landau

  4. Andy Nyman

    Andy Nyman

    David Landor

  5. Nicholas Woodeson

    Nicholas Woodeson

    Yaakov Jonilowicz

  6. Ben Addis

    Ben Addis

    Ron Huntsman

  7. Samuel West

    Samuel West

    Narrator

  8. Caroline Bartleet

    Caroline Bartleet

    Judy Gold

  9. Morwenna Banks

    Morwenna Banks

    Female Translator (voice)

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Reno

Jul 23, 2015

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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Status
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Original Language
English
Budget
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Revenue
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Keywords
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