The House on Garibaldi Street (TV 1979)

After World War II, many important figures in Hitler's command escaped Germany and were rumored to be living in South America. Adolf Eichmann, wanted in connection with millions of deaths, ... See full summary »

Director:

Peter Collinson

Writers:

Isser Harel (book), Steve Shagan (screenplay),

Stars:

Topol, Nick Mancuso, Janet Suzman

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Topol	...	Michael
Nick Mancuso	...	Ari
Janet Suzman	...	Hedda
Martin Balsam	...	Isser Harel
Leo McKern	...	David Ben-Gurion
Charles Gray	...	Gen. Lischke
Derren Nesbitt	...	Arthur Lubinsky (as Derrin Nesbitt)
Alfred Burke	...	Eichmann
John Bennett	...	Aaron Lazar
John Cater	...	Doctor
Edward Judd	...	Meged
Wolf Kahler	...	Real Estate Agent
Fernando Hilbeck	...	Contreras
Alberto de Mendoza	...	Primo
Alberto Berco	...	Rodriguez

Storyline

After World War II, many important figures in Hitler's command escaped Germany and were rumored to be living in South America. Adolf Eichmann, wanted in connection with millions of deaths, is suspected to be living incognito in Argentina. Mossad, Israel's secret intelligence organization is determined to bring Eichmann (if it is him indeed) to justice.

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Plot Keywords:

kidnapping | spy | based on true story | based on book

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Genres:

Drama

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Details

Country:

USA

Language:

English Spanish

Release Date:

28 May 1979 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Captura do Carrasco

Filming Locations:

Spain

Company Credits

Production Co:

Charles Fries Productions

Technical Specs

Runtime:

98 min

Sound Mix:

Mono

Color:

Color

Aspect Ratio:

1.33 : 1

User Reviews

Worth seeing; clunky production

I've seen a couple of films from Israel like this-they seem to be so fearful of overstating their case that anything other than straight-ahead recording of given reality will detract from authenticity, or believability, or...authoritative presentation of the FACTS. Would it kill them to make a film that's well-written and slickly produced? This looks like a real low-budget job, like something from the History channel, but with unusually good acting. When Isser Harel goes to Ben-Gurion to get the Go-ahead for pulling off the Eichmann snatch, it's shot with one camera, and the script makes sure Harel identifies the prime minister twice for the benefit of the audience(All right all ready, some of us out here know who Ben-Gurion was!). Fortunately, there was enough suspense built in to the actual operation so that the filmmakers couldn't squander ALL of it. In the film's favor, there are enough solid details, decent performances, and convincing location sequences(Heck, all of it seems to have been shot on location in Argentina!) to give it the look, at least, of a documentary, so it could be worse. Five years after this film came out, we got The Little Drummer Girl. I suspect that some sections of this film were models for the later one, so maybe I'm not considering some of the elements that were shown first in Garibaldi Street,and have influenced later films. OK, taking that into consideration, It's worth seeing, but it could have been done better.