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
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.
Director
Paul Andrew Williams
Status
Released
Production
Feelgood Fiction, Baltic Film Services, Vistaar Religare Film Fund, BBC
Cast
Anthony LaPaglia
Leo Hurwitz
Martin Freeman
Milton Fruchtman
Rebecca Front
Mrs Landau
Andy Nyman
David Landor
Nicholas Woodeson
Yaakov Jonilowicz
Ben Addis
Ron Huntsman
Samuel West
Narrator
Caroline Bartleet
Judy Gold
Morwenna Banks
Female Translator (voice)
Ed Birch
Millek Knebel
Zora Bishop
Eva Fruchtman
Dylan Edwards
Roy Sedwell
Nathaniel Gleed
Tommy Hurwitz
Ben Lloyd-Hughes
Alan Rosenthal
Vaidotas Martinaitis
Adolf Eichmann
Nell Mooney
NY Times Journalist’s Wife
Solomon Mousley
Perry
Anna-Louise Plowman
Jane Hurwitz
Ian Porter
NY Times Journalist
Justin Salinger
David Arad
