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Release year: 2018

Storyline

A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.

Top credits

Directors

Chris Weitz

Writers

Matthew Orton

Cast

Oscar Isaac — Peter Malkin
Ben Kingsley — Adolf Eichmann
Mélanie Laurent — Hanna Elian
Lior Raz — Isser Harel

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Did you know

• Adolf Eichmann was not particularly well-known as a Nazi outside of Germany until his escape from capture after the war. Prior to Eichmann's capture and trial which brought focus to his responsibility in transporting victims to the camps, the man most associated with being "architect of the Final Solution" was Reinhard Heydrich, who was assassinated during the war.

• Sir Ben Kingsley claimed that he kept a photo of Holocaust survivor Eli Wiesel in his pocket while he was on-set, as a reminder of his historical responsibility, and also as a reminder that he was intent on honoring Eichmann's victims rather than focusing on Eichmann. This is something Kingsley has done before, as he was carrying a picture of holocaust victim Anne Frank in his pocket while playing Itzhak Stern in Schindler's List (1993). Kingsley added that after his previous research of Nazis for other films, he found no surprises researching Eichmann, and was not inclined to spend an inordinate amount of energy on the man's psychology.

• As seen in the end, Peter Malkin keeps his promise to Eichmann that he would see his wife again. The real Vera Eichmann indeed visited her husband one last time in Israel, one month before he was executed.