Operation Eichmann (1961)

User Rating:

6.2/10   

Director:

R.G. Springsteen

Writer (WGA):

Lester Cole (written by) (originally as Lewis Copley)

Release Date:

15 March 1961 (USA)

Genre:

Drama

Tagline:

Manhunt of the Century...For the Master Assassin!

Plot Keywords:

Independent Film

Cast

Werner Klemperer	...	Adolf Eichmann
Ruta Lee	...	Anna Kemp
Donald Buka	...	David
Barbara Turner	...	Sara
John Banner	...	Rudolf Höss
Hanna Landy	...	Frau Tessa Hess
Lester Fletcher	...	Kurt Kessner
Steve Gravers	...	Jacob
Jim Baird	...	David, as a boy
Debbie Cannon	...	Sara, as a girl
Jackie Russo	...	Jacob, as a boy
Paul Thierry	...	Lopez
Rodolfo Hoyos Jr.	...	Sanchez
Norbert Schiller	...	Uri Goldmann
Luis Van Rooten	...	Heinrich Himmler

Runtime:

92 min

Country:

USA

Language:

English

Color:

Black and White

Sound Mix:

Mono

Certification:

Finland:K-16

Company:

Bischoff-Diamond Corporation

Trivia:

Eric Braeden's movie debut.

Movie Connections:

Version of The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996) (TV)

one of the best anti-Nazi movies ever

This is a brutal, compelling, fascinating study of Nazi Adolf Eichmann (played brilliantly by Werner Klemperer) who had the reprehensible idea of killing Jews in gas chambers and later burning them in ovens. It's done so matter-of-factly that it's more horrifying than if the emotions had been punched home (as most filmmakers would do). Some scenes do pack a wallop: like the Jewish singing over the newsreel footage of the camps being liberated. I like this a heck of a lot more than some of the famous anti-Nazi movies out there. What makes it even more interesting is that they don't feel the need (till the end) to put in a 'nice' character to offset Eichmann's (and the other Nazi's) evil. That makes it more powerful than ever. Sure, there are a few flubs (actors blow lines, etc.) but who cares? It's a great film and deserves to be on DVD.