Eichmann (2007)

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of ... See full summary »

Director:

Robert Young

Writer:

Snoo Wilson (screenplay)

Stars:

Avner W. Less, Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity

Cast

Cast overview, first billed only:
Avner W. Less	...	Himself (voice) (archive footage)
Thomas Kretschmann	...	Adolf Eichmann
Troy Garity	...	Avner Less
Franka Potente	...	Vera Less
Stephen Fry	...	Minister Tormer
Delaine Yates	...	Miriam Fröhlich
Tereza Srbova	...	Baroness Ingrid von Ihama (as Tereza Srbová)
Judit Viktor	...	Ann Marie
Stephen Greif	...	Hans Lipmann
Dénes Bernáth	...	Benjamin
Bernadett Kis	...	Sarah
Tilly O'Neil	...	Hannah (as Tilly Golding)
László Bereczki	...	David
Alexis Latham	...	Dubois
Scott Alexander Young	...	Robert Servatius

Storyline

Based upon the final confession of Adolf Eichmann, made before his execution in Israel as he accounts to Captain Avner Less, a young Israeli Police Officer, of his past as the architect of Hitler's plan for the final solution. Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina, 15 years after World War II, Eichmann (Kretschmann), the World's most wanted man, must be broken down and the truth unveiled. As the world waits, two men must confront each other in a battle of wills- the result of which will change a nation forever.

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Plot Keywords:

adolf eichmann | execution | israeli | confession | adolf eichmann trial | 

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Taglines:

He helped conceive the ultimate horror.

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Genres:

Biography | Drama | History | War

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Certificate:

TV-MA

Details

Official Sites:

Official site

Country:

Hungary UK

Language:

English German Hebrew Spanish

Release Date:

October 2009 (USA)

Also Known As:

A Solução Final

Filming Locations:

Budapest, Hungary

Box Office

Budget:

$8,000,000 (estimated)

Company Credits

Production Co:

Entertainment Motion Pictures (E-MOTION), uFilm, Thema Production

Technical Specs

Runtime:

96 min

Sound Mix:

Dolby Digital

Color:

Color Black and White (archive footage)

Aspect Ratio:

1.85 : 1

Did You Know?

Trivia

According to a British reporter on location, fellow cast members Troy Garity and Thomas Kretschmann were so upset with script revisions of the baby-in-office scene that Kretschmann promptly threw them in the trash, explaining, 'I'll just file this here for safekeeping.' The revisions were later dropped.

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Goofs

The scene in Theresienstadt which we are told is set in April 1945 where he discusses sending trains from there to Auschwitz - a somewhat pointless exercise as the Soviet Army had liberated Auschwitz in January 1945.

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Quotes

Adolf Eichmann: [Prison guard is showing him a newspaper which reads "Eichmann Captured"] Yes, I know...

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Soundtracks

St. John Passion
Music composed by Johann Sebastian Bach
Arranged and Conducted by Richard Harvey

User Reviews

A waste of time, and an insult for intelligence

When a film's starting sentence is 'based on a true story' or if you know that the story behind the film actually took place, you expect at least the facts to be close to reality. I'll put aside the embarrassing mistakes in Hebrew (didn't you have Israeli actors on the set?), what troubles me more is the inaccuracies in historical facts, and the actual 'creation' of allegedly legal documentations that never existed. Furthermore, the addition of plot lines that portray Eichmann as a brutal murderer, and as a 'valentino', are not correct, add nothing to the plot (apart from the female nudity, which is entirely not required in this movie), and miss the horrible fact that Eichmann, like many many officers in the German Reich was a gray man, who just filed documents that sent millions to their death. This movie is a shame for the viewers' intelligence. Ignoring the historical errors and the made up plot lines, the movie itself is not interesting, the characters are superficial and empty, and if there's an intention to create a 'duel' between Eichmann and Less, it is artificial and is futile.