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The Eichmann Show

  • TV Movie
  • 2015
  • 15
  • 1h 30m
IMDb RATING
6.5/10
5.2K
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Anthony LaPaglia and Martin Freeman in The Eichmann Show (2015)
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Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker... Read allDramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.Dramatisation of the team hoping to televise the trial of Adolf Eichmann, an infamous Nazi responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews. It focuses on Leo Hurwitz, a documentary film-maker and Milton Fruchtman, a producer.

  • Director
    • Paul Andrew Williams
  • Writer
    • Simon Block
  • Stars
    • Martin Freeman
    • Anthony LaPaglia
    • Rebecca Front
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  • IMDb RATING
    6.5/10
    5.2K
    YOUR RATING
    • Director
      • Paul Andrew Williams
    • Writer
      • Simon Block
    • Stars
      • Martin Freeman
      • Anthony LaPaglia
      • Rebecca Front
    • 31User reviews
    • 11Critic reviews
  • See production info at IMDbPro
  • See production info at IMDbPro
    • Awards
      • 1 win & 1 nomination total

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    Martin Freeman
    Martin Freeman
    • Milton Fruchtman
    Anthony LaPaglia
    Anthony LaPaglia
    • Leo Hurwitz
    Rebecca Front
    Rebecca Front
    • Mrs. Landau
    Andy Nyman
    Andy Nyman
    • David Landor
    Nicholas Woodeson
    Nicholas Woodeson
    • Yaakov Jonilowicz
    Ben Addis
    Ben Addis
    • Ron Huntsman
    Caroline Bartleet
    • Judy Gold
    Ed Birch
    Ed Birch
    • Millek Knebel
    Dylan Edwards
    Dylan Edwards
    • Roy Sedwell
    Nathaniel Gleed
    • Tommy Hurwitz
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    Ben Lloyd-Hughes
    • Alan Rosenthal
    Vaidotas Martinaitis
    • Adolf Eichmann
    Zora Bishop
    Zora Bishop
    • Eva Fruchtman
    Nell Mooney
    Nell Mooney
    • Female Journalist
    Solomon Mousley
    Solomon Mousley
    • Perry Rudolph
    Anna-Louise Plowman
    Anna-Louise Plowman
    • Jane Hurwitz
    Ian Porter
    Ian Porter
    • Male Journalist
    Justin Salinger
    Justin Salinger
    • David Arad
    • Director
      • Paul Andrew Williams
    • Writer
      • Simon Block
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    8Sausage1

    The Eichmann Show

    This is a brilliant BBC production about the trial of Otto Adolf Eichmann, a Nazi who escaped to Argentina after the Second World War, and who was responsible for facilitating and managing the logistics of mass deportation of Jews to ghettos and extermination camps in German-occupied Eastern Europe during World War II.

    The film is superbly cast, and tells the story from the perspective of the production crew responsible for televising the trial in Jerusalem in 1961. We get to see the logistics involved in bringing the trial to TV screens around the world, and the problems the production team face along the way.

    Of course the biggest story in a production like this is the horror of the holocaust, and how a man can be responsible for such evil. The Eichmann Show is yet another reminder of this horror, and is well worth a couple of hours of anyones time.

    8/10
    james-360

    Very well made and directed, BUT!

    Leo Hurwitz dialogue was horrendous, he constantly complained or found fault with everything. I had to stop watching after a while.Pity its a great movie and subject matter.
    7andy-ferrar

    The shock of how ordinary this monster looked.

    One of my earliest memories is the Eichmann trial. Watching the film I now realise that it started on my sixth birthday. We talked about it in the playground built up an image of a monster. In London at the time we were surrounded by bomb sites and so his capture and trial was big news.

    I remember vividly seeing the filmed news reports the film depicts and the shock of how ordinary this monster looked.

    A good film and worth watching.
    8chalaowens

    Humbling

    I have watched this several times, each viewing leaves me silent and reflective. Having just finished another viewing and comparing it to today's American political climate, I wonder how much we really learned. Can we take these lessons and reteach them today, or has history become too irrelevant in this world of greed?
    7srgymrat33

    Powerful theme , not super well executed

    The trial and story here it in itself incredibly compelling and tragic. The real film they used within the movie was so well done and brought an element that reenactment never could .

    The focus of the film was threefold. First - the atrocities of the holocaust, second the power of media and third weather or not man can inherently be evil.

    The first theme is well accomplished and presented in a respectful way . The idea that surviving Jews had been left marginalized and underrepresented for so long was a fantastic undercurrent.

    The power of media is also presented well but might be slightly more hidden . This was really the justification for this particular focus , if you know this going in and look for it , you find it and realize there is so much power in what was done to show and document this trial in the way it was .

    The third theme, although important is not presented as clearly or as well and I think gets in the way at times of the second theme . The dialogue when Leo is thinking of leaving helps point out the overarching goal of the film , but his obsession with "breaking " Eichmann on a personal level sometimes gets in the way.

    Important film, great premise and solid acting . Not done as well as it could have been but absolutely worth the time .

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    • Trivia
      Contains real archives footage of the four month trial of nazi officer Adolf Eichmann.
    • Goofs
      The movie begins by showing scenes from the Battle of Berlin, and a voice notes "September the Second, 1945, the war is over . . . " That's the date of the surrender of Japan. Germany surrendered effective May 8, 1945, and the search for Nazi war criminals began then.
    • Quotes

      Leo Hurwitz: I don't believe in monsters. But I do believe that men are responsible for monstrous deeds.

    • Connections
      Featured in The Wright Stuff: Episode #20.15 (2015)

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    • Release date
      • January 20, 2015 (United Kingdom)
    • Countries of origin
      • United Kingdom
      • Lithuania
    • Official sites
      • BBC Listing
      • Official site (Japan)
    • Languages
      • English
      • Hebrew
      • German
    • Also known as
      • Pred ocmi javnosti
    • Filming locations
      • Lithuania
    • Production companies
      • Feelgood Fiction
      • British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC)
      • Vistaar Religare Film Fund
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    • Runtime
      1 hour 30 minutes
    • Color
      • Color
    • Sound mix
      • Stereo
    • Aspect ratio
      • 16:9 HD

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