Eichmann (2007)

User Rating:

5.9/10   

Director:

Robert Young

Writer:

Snoo Wilson (writer)

Release Date:

October 2009 (USA)

Genre:

Drama | History | War

Plot:

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less...

Plot Keywords:

Confession | Israeli | Truth | 1950s | 1940s

Cast

Thomas Kretschmann	...	Adolf Eichmann
Troy Garity	...	Avner Less
Franka Potente	...	Vera Less
Stephen Fry	...	Minister Tormer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Péter Ambrus	...	Abraham Less
László Barnák	...	Night Young Guard
László Bereczki	...	David
Dénes Bernáth	...	Benjamin
Anna Cachia	...	Protester
Brenda Camilleri	...	Protester
Máté Endrédi	...	Young Guard
Béla Fesztbaum	...	Dr. Kastner
Melissa Franklyn	...	Israeli Police Officer
Péter Geltz	...	Old Guard
István Göz	...	German Interpreter
Stephen Greif	...	Hans Lipman
Andrew Hefler	...	Young doctor
Shy Heller	...	Night Old Guard
Bernadett Kis	...	Sarah
Péter Laczó	...	Dieter Eichmann
Avner W. Less	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Gábor Matejka	...	Mafia Driver
János Mercs	...	French Speaking Officer
Gyula Mesterházy	...	Nazi Official
Samuel Montague	...	Delivery Boy
Attila Müller	...	Chauffeaur
Viktor Noé	...	SS Officer
Tilly O'Neil	...	Child Hanna Less - Anvers daughter
Eszter Palóc	...	Woman Interpreter
Richard Rifkin	...	Elderly Man
Abdul Sattar Rehani	...	Husseini
Kerstin Sekimoto	...	Eichmann's secretary
Tereza Srbova	...	Baroness Ingrid von Ihama
Ádám Vadas	...	Horst
Judit Viktor	...	Ann Marie
Krisztián Vörös	...	Klaus Eichmann
Delaine Yates	...	Miriam Frolich
Scott Alexander Young	...	Dr. Robert Servatius

Runtime:

100 min

Country:

Hungary | UK

Language:

English

Colour:

Colour

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Certification:

Finland:K-13 | Singapore:M18

Filming Locations:

Fot Studios, Budapest, Hungary

Company:

Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION)

Goofs:

Anachronisms: In the scene where the minister leaves the room after telling Avner that his father had been sent to Auschwitz by Eichmann, a large contemporary map of Europe is visible on the wall. The maps contains the re-unified Germany, the successor states of the Soviet Union, the broken up former Yugoslavia, and the split Czech and Slovak Republics - which is the late 1990s status and not 1960/61.

A really enjoyable and important movie at LA Jewish Film Festival!

I went out yesterday for mother's day with my mom to the LA Jewish Film Festival where this movie was showing and can't disagree enough with a couple of the comments that I read on here. We both really enjoyed it (had my mom in tears)! I thought it was a eye-opening insight into what happened before Eichmann went to trial, about his interrogation and most importantly giving recognition to the little known police captain Avner Less. It isn't true that other languages are not spoken- I heard German and Hebrew spoken. I think the comments made were by people who wanted to see a remake of the story of the trial which as they point out has been done many times- where this is telling the untold, and more interesting story and background to the trail and examines what Eichmann was actually responsible for. I've also have to disagree with scenery not looking Israel enough having been there many times I thought it very real. Amazing performance by Thomas Kretchmann, with an OK one by Troy Garity supported well by Franka Potente. A really important movie for Jewish people!