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The Man Who Captured Eichmann

1996 · 96 min

A hushed, patient procedural that turns a stakeout and a guarded conversation into a quiet reckoning with evil.

Overview: Set in 1960, the story follows the efforts of the Mossad, the Israeli Secret Service, to find former SS Colonel Adolf Eichmann, who ran from Germany to Argentina and took the name Ricardo Clement. He was wanted for the murders of both Europeans and Jews during the Holocaust. Learning of Eichmann's living in Argentina, the Mossad sends a team to capture him, led by agent Peter Malkin. The standing order: bring Eichmann back alive to Israel for trial.
How it feels: Tense, earnest, dark and melancholic. Measured and needs your attention.
About: Justice, war, guilt, identity
Content: Mild violence and language. No gore or sexual content.
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Tone: tensestrength 2 of 3
earneststrength 2 of 3
darkstrength 2 of 3
melancholicstrength 1 of 3
Pacing: measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention: engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes: justice
war
guilt
identity
obsession
Places: big city
single country house
Era: period
Audience: adult
Form: true story
single location
Content intensity: Gore none
Language mild
Violence mild
Sex none