The Eichmann Show

January. 20,2015      
Rating:
6.5
Trailer Synopsis Cast

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.

Anthony LaPaglia as  Leo Hurwitz
Martin Freeman as  Milton Fruchtman
Rebecca Front as  Mrs Landau
Andy Nyman as  David Landor
Nicholas Woodeson as  Yaakov Jonilowicz
Ben Addis as  Ron Huntsman
Samuel West as  Narrator
Morwenna Banks as  Female Translator (voice)
Ed Birch as  Millek Knebel
Zora Bishop as  Eva Fruchtman

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