The Eichmann Show (2015)

Directed by

Paul Andrew Williams, David Barrie

Genre

drama film, documentary television film

Country

United Kingdom

Runtime

1h 30m

Rated

12

Rating

6.7 of 10 from 203 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

An American TV producer and a blacklisted director work together to broadcast the trial of Adolf Eichmann in 1961. The story focuses on the challenges they face in bringing the events to television.

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What happens

The Eichmann Show is a 2015 British BBC TV drama film produced by Laurence Bowen and Ken Marshall and directed by Paul Andrew Williams. It is based on the true story of how American TV producer Milton Fruchtman and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz came to broadcast the trial of one of World War II's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, in 1961. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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