The Eichmann Show

The Eichmann Show

90 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Jan. 20, 2015

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.

The Eichmann Show

90 mins | Drama, History, TV Movie | Jan. 20, 2015

The Eichmann Show
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.
IMDb rating 6.5
Producers BBC, Feelgood Fiction, Baltic Film Services, Vistaar Religare Film Fund
Original title The Eichmann Show
Directors Paul Andrew Williams
Writers Simon Block

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

Nathaniel Gleed

as Tommy Hurwitz

Ben Lloyd-Hughes

as Alan Rosenthal

Vaidotas Martinaitis

as Adolf Eichmann

Nell Mooney

as NY Times Journalist’s Wife

Solomon Mousley

as Perry

Anna-Louise Plowman

as Jane Hurwitz

Ian Porter

as NY Times Journalist

Justin Salinger

as David Arad