
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
William A. Graham, 1996
Eichmann in My Hands
Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein, 1990
The Man Who Captured Eichmann is a movie directed by William A. Graham in 1996 and based on the book Eichmann in My Hands: A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler’s Chief Executioner by Peter Z. Malkin and Harry Stein, first published in 1990. The movie features Robert Duvall, Arliss Howard, Jeffrey Tambor, Jack Laufer, Nicolas Surovy, Joel Brooks, and others.
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Storyline
An Israeli man uncoversing the location of Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi responsible for sending millions of Jews to Hitler’s concentration camps, along with other agents from the Israeli Mossad, devise a complex plan to capture and transport Eichmann from Argentina to Israel for trial.
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Year
1996
Minutes
96
Movie Rate
6.50
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Movie
The Man Who Captured Eichmann
Director: William A. Graham
Country: USA
Year: 1996
Length: 1h36m
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Year
1990
Pages
267
Book Rate
8.82
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Book
Eichmann in My Hands
Subtitle: A First-Person Account by the Israeli Agent Who Captured Hitler's Chief Executioner
Author: Peter Z. Malkin, Harry Stein
Country: Israel
First published in: 1990
Length: 267 pages
Genre: Biography
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