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The Man Who Captured Eichmann (1996)

The Man Who Captured Eichmann poster
Directed by
William A. Graham
Genre
drama film
Country
United States
Runtime
1h 36m
Rated
NR
Rating
6.2 of 10 from 13 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

An Israeli Mossad agent tracks down and kidnaps Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires in 1960. The film shows the planning and execution of the capture.

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What happens

The Man Who Captured Eichmann is a 1996 American historical drama television film directed by William Graham and written by Lionel Chetwynd, based on the 1990 book Eichmann in My Hands by Peter Malkin and Harry Stein. The film stars Robert Duvall as Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann, who lived under the name Ricardo Klement in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and Arliss Howard as Israeli Mossad agent Peter Malkin, who kidnapped Eichmann in 1960. The Man Who Captured Eichmann premiered on TNT on November 10, 1996. The film received positive reviews from critics, with Duvall being nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award and a Screen Actors Guild Award for his performance. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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