The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal

The incredible trial of a frighteningly ordinary civil servant. Inspired by Hannah Arendt’s Eichmann in Jerusalem: Α Report on the Banality of Evil and drawing 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 serves as the portrait of an expert in problem resolving; a man responsible for the elimination of several million people; a modern criminal.

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Direction: Eyal Sivan

Script: Eyal Sivan, Rony Brauman

Cinematography: Leo Hurwitz

Editing: Audrey Maurion

Sound: Nicolas Becker

Music: Yves Robert, Krishna Levy, Beatrice Thiriet, Jean-Michel Levy

Actors: Adolf Eichmann, Gideon Hausner, Gabriel Bach, Avraham Lindwasser, Franz Meyer, Pinhas Freudiger, Abba Kovner, Leslie Gordon, Michael Musmanno

Production: Momento Films

Producers: Eyal Sivan, Armelle Laborie

Co-production: France 2 Cinéma, Bremer Institut Film, Westdeutscher Rundfunk, Image Création, RTBF Télévision belge, Lotus Film, Amythos Film TV Productions, Noga Communication-Channel 8

Executive producer: Armelle Laborie

Format: DCP

Color: B/W

Production Country: France, Israel, Germany, Austria, Belgium

Production Year: 1999

Duration: 124'

Contact: momento!

Awards/Distinctions: Adolf Grimme Award 2001