The Specialist
Brief Synopsis
Cast & Crew
Eyal Sivan
Adolf Eichmann
Robert Servatius
Moshe Landau
Benjamin Halevy
Yitzak Raveh
Film Details
Technical Specs
Synopsis
On May 11, 1960, 40 years ago, Adolf Eichmann, a leading player in the Holocaust, is captured by the Isreli Secret Service in Argentina, where he has been living for ten years as "Ricardo Klement." One year later he is put on trial, the Israelis hire noted American documentarian Leo Hurwitz who shoots 350 hours of videotape, from which filmmakers Eyal Sivan and Rony Bauman have constructed "The Specialist." SS Lietenant Colonel Eichmann, a specialist in transportation of freight via railroad, gives the classic excuse that he was just following orders. Philosopher Hannah Arendt says of this little man who wears glasses and a quizzical expression, who seems no more brutal than the family accountant: "His normality is much more terrifying than all atrocities." He personifies "the banality of evil."
Director
Eyal Sivan
Crew
Hannah Arendt
Martine Barbe
Nicolas Becker
Rony Brauman
Amit Breuer
Jean-marc Fabre
Leo T. Hurwitz
Armelle Laborie
Erich Lackner
Jean-michel Levy
Krishna Levy
Audrey Maurion
Audrey Maurion
Elke Peters
Yves Robert
Eyal Sivan
Eyal Sivan
Beatrice Thiriet
Tom Waits
Film Details
Technical Specs
Quotes
Trivia
Miscellaneous Notes
Released in United States February 1999
Released in United States Spring April 12, 2000
Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.
Released in United States February 1999 (Shown at Berlin International Film Festival February 10-21, 1999.)
Released in United States Spring April 12, 2000
