The Specialist (1999)
Un spécialiste, portrait d'un criminel moderne (original title)Reference View | Change View
- 2h 8min
- Documentary
- 1999 (Israel)
- Movie
The incredible trial of an appallingly ordinary man. Drawn entirely on the 350 hours of rare footage recorded during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, in 1961, in Jerusalem, this film about obedience and responsibility is the portrait of an...
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Cast
| Adolf Eichmann | ... |
Self - Accused (archiveFootage)
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| Gideon Hausner | ... |
Self - Prosecutor General (archiveFootage)
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| Gabriel Bach | ... |
Self - Assistant Prosecutor (archiveFootage)
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Avraham Lindwasser | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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Franz Meyer | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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Pinhas Freudiger | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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| Abba Kovner | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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Leslie Gordon | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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Michael Musmanno | ... |
Self - Witness (archiveFootage)
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Directed by
| Eyal Sivan | ||
Written by
| Rony Brauman | ... | (writer) |
| Eyal Sivan | ... | (writer) |
Produced by
| Martine Barbé | ... | associate producer |
| Amit Breuer | ... | associate producer |
| Armelle Laborie | ... | producer |
| Erich Lackner | ... | associate producer |
| Elke Peters | ... | associate producer |
| Eyal Sivan | ... | producer |
Music by
| Nicolas Becker | ||
| Jean-Michel Levy | ||
| Krishna Levy | ||
| Yves Robert | ||
| Béatrice Thiriet | ||
Cinematography by
| Leo Hurwitz | ||
Editing by
| Audrey Maurion | ||
Editorial Department
| Valérie Pico | ... | assistant editor |
Production Management
| Yves Smadja | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
| Philippe Baudhuin | ... | sound mixer |
| Nicolas Becker | ... | sound editor |
| Philippe Bosman | ... | sound |
| Patrick D'Artois | ... | sound |
| Thomas Gauder | ... | sound mixer |
| Audrey Maurion | ... | sound editor |
| Valérie Pico | ... | dialogue editor |
Visual Effects by
| Arndt Baumueller | ... | visual effects |
| Carsten Dietz | ... | digital effects supervisor |
| Jean-Marc Fabre | ... | digital lighting designer |
Production Companies
- Momento!
- Amythos Productions
- Image Création
- Lotus Film
- Bremer Institut Film & Fernsehen
- Österreichischer Rundfunk (ORF) (in association with)
- Westdeutscher Rundfunk (WDR) (in association with)
- Radio Télévision Belge Francophone (RTBF) (in association with)
- France 2 Cinéma (in association with)
- Noga Communications (in association with)
- Israeli Channel 8 (in association with)
Distributors
- AFMD (1997) (France) (theatrical)
- Arsenal (1999) (Germany) (theatrical)
- Filmcoopi (1999) (Switzerland) (theatrical)
- Intermedia Arc Pictures (1997) (World-wide) (theatrical)
- Istituto Luce (1999) (Italy) (theatrical)
- Arcapix (1998) (World-wide)
- Kino International (2000) (United States) (subtitled)
- Éditions Montparnasse (1997) (World-wide) (video)
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Storyline
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The incredible trial of an appallingly ordinary man. Drawn entirely on the 350 hours of rare footage recorded during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, in 1961, in Jerusalem, this film about obedience and responsibility is the portrait of an expert in problems resolving, a modern criminal. The film is inspired from the controversial book by Hannah Arendt : "Eichmann in Jerusalem, report on the banality of evil". |
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