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Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: VHS Tape
EAN: 9786304441619
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, HiFi Sound, NTSC
ISBN: 6304441614
Label: Turner Home Ent
Manufacturer: Turner Home Ent
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: Turner Home Ent
Release Date: January 13, 1998
Running Time: 96 minutes
Sales Rank: 3259
Studio: Turner Home Ent
Theatrical Release Date: November 10, 1996
Editorial Review:
Description:
Drama about the Israeli Mossad's seizure of Adolph Eichmann in postwar Argentina.
Customer Reviews
Average Rating: 
Rating:  - Engaging tale, mixed bag of acting
The foundational story, which is the 1961 capture of Nazi war criminal Adolf Eichmann by the Israeli Mossad, is engrossing. I thought the Argentine post WW II atmosphere was nicely created.
The weak link was Arliss Howard, who played the principal agent in the capture operation. Very, very weak. At one point during the mesmerizing dialogues that took place in the makeshift temporary "jail", I recall thinking what a shame it was that this lightweight actor was turning in such a shallow ... Read More
Rating:  - booooring
The story ofthe capture of Eichmann, is extremely simple. It can be described in 2 sentences. And that happens to be the content of the movie. So to fill an hour and a half the director had to fluff up the movie with very very very long conversations. After a while these conversations get so boring that you can't help pressing the fast forward button. Which brings you right to the end of the movie.
Rating: - How a mass killer of innocents was brought to justice
Nazi mass murderer and holocaust kingpin, Adolph Eichmann (Robert Duvall) is located by the Mossad (Israeli Secret Service), in Argentina in 1960, with the help of a blind holocaust survivor.
The task to capture him is handed to Peter Malkin (Arliss Howard) , an Israeli who lost his sister and nephew in the holocaust, thanks to the work of Eichmann. He is to lead a team to Argentina to capture Eichmann alive, and to take him back to Israel for trial, so that the truth can be exposed to the world and ... Read More
Rating: - The good and the bad
The bad guy is played wisely by a good actor; the good is played by an imitation of an actor. I don't think the capture of Eichmann in '61 was a party. Howard plays like it was one. Could have been Dean Martin instead, result would have been the same. Otherwise, interesting tv movie. Not more than that.
Rating: - An important event in our history chronicled.
Any time you get the opportunity to see Robert Duvall work, you should take it. When the pot is sweetened by the chance to learn a little (or a lot) about an important historical event, then it's a no-brainer.
A far more carefully crafted story line distinguishes this film from the 1961 `Operation Eichmann'. The source of this film is the book, "Eichmann in my Hands", by Massad agent Peter Malkin, the primary Israeli Agent involved in Eichmann's capture in Buenos Aires.
The film ... Read More
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