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Director:
William A. Graham
Writers (WGA):
Peter Z. Malkin (book) and
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Release Date:
10 November 1996 (USA) more
Genre:
Drama | History | War more
Plot:
In 1960, the Israeli Secret Service learns that former SS-Lietuenant Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who was... more | add synopsis
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Awards:
Nominated for 2 Primetime Emmys. Another 1 win & 3 nominations more
User Comments:
An important event in our history chronicled. more (3 total)

Cast

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Robert Duvall ... Adolf Eichmann

Arliss Howard ... Peter Malkin

Jeffrey Tambor ... Isser Harel

Jack Laufer ... Uzi

Nicolas Surovy ... Hans

Joel Brooks ... Meir

Michael Laskin ... Dr. Klein

Sam Robards ... David
Michael Tucci ... Danny

Rusty Schwimmer ... Rosa
Rita Zohar ... Peter's mother
Jean Pierre Reguerraz ... Laszlo Ungari
Celina Font ... Angela Ungari
Erika Wallner ... Catalina Klement
Kevin Schiele ... Nicolas Klement
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Runtime:
USA:96 min | Argentina:96 min | Germany:93 min (TV version)
Country:
USA
Language:
English | Spanish | Hebrew
Color:
Color
Aspect Ratio:
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Sound Mix:
Stereo
Certification:
Iceland:12 | Spain:13 | UK:PG (video premiere) | Argentina:16
Filming Locations:
Buenos Aires, Federal District, Argentina
Company:
Butcher's Run Films more

Fun Stuff

Trivia:
Jeffrey Tambor, who is 6'1" tall, portrays Israeli Mossad chief Isser Harel, who in real life was only 5'0" tall. more
Goofs:
Anachronisms: In real life, the aircraft used to take Eichmann to Israel was a Bristol Britannia. However, these turboprop machines had very short working lives due to the popularity of jets and thus none were available for the film. As a result a Boeing 707 jetliner was used instead in the film. Worse, it appears to be a JT3D-engined Intercontinental (a -320B or -320C) even though the -320B did not first fly until 1962 and the -320C was not introduced until 1964. more
Movie Connections:
Version of Operation Eichmann (1961) more

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5 out of 6 people found the following comment useful.
An important event in our history chronicled., 17 April 1999
Author: Doctor_Bombay from Lucas Buck, NC

Any time you get the opportunity to see Robert Duvall work, you should take it. When the pot is sweetened by the chance to learn a little (or a lot) about an important historical event, then it's a no-brainer.

A far more carefully crafted story line distinguishes this film from the 1961 'Operation Eichmann'. The source of this film is the book, "Eichmann in my Hands", by Massad agent Peter Malkin, the primary Israeli Agent involved in Eichmann's capture in Buenos Aires.

The film is presented pretty much from the point-of-view of Malkin, played superbly by Arliss Howard, an actor who's career to date is papered with non-distinguishable work in non-descript films. His portrayal here is right on target. There is a nice turn as well by Jeffrey Tambor, a wonderful comedic actor, here cast completely against type in a serious role.

Much is the time when TV has been dismissed as a learning medium. Thankfully, made for TV movies like 'The Man Who Captured Eichmann" go far to dismiss that notion.

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