Movie
The Eichmann Show
Overview
The behind-the-scenes true life story of a groundbreaking producer, Milton Fruchtman, and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz who, overcoming enormous obstacles, set out to capture the testimony of one of the war's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, who is accused of executing the 'final solution' and organising the murder of 6 million Jews. This is the extraordinary story of how the trial came to be televised and the team that made it happen.
Details
- Release date
- 2015-01-20
- Runtime
- 90 min
- Genres
- Drama, History, TV Movie
- Status
- Released
- Production
- Feelgood Fiction, Baltic Film Services, Vistaar Religare Film Fund, BBC
- Country
- United Kingdom
- Original language
- EN
Cast
- Anthony LaPaglia as Leo Hurwitz
- Martin Freeman as Milton Fruchtman
- Rebecca Front as Mrs Landau
- Andy Nyman as David Landor
- Nicholas Woodeson as Yaakov Jonilowicz
- Ben Addis as Ron Huntsman
- Samuel West as Narrator
- Caroline Bartleet as Judy Gold
- Morwenna Banks as Female Translator (voice)
- Ed Birch as Millek Knebel
- Zora Bishop as Eva Fruchtman
- Dylan Edwards as Roy Sedwell
Crew
- Paul Andrew Williams - Director
- Simon Block - Writer
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