The Eichmann Show

*The Eichmann Show*
The Eichmann Show
Written by	Simon Block
Directed by	Paul Andrew Williams
Starring	Martin Freeman; Anthony LaPaglia; Rebecca Front;
Narrated by	Samuel West
Music by	Laura Rossi
Country of origin	United Kingdom
Original language	English
Production
Producers	Laurence Bowen; Ken Marshall;
Cinematography	Carlos Catalan
Editor	James Taylor
Running time	90 minutes
Production company	Feelgood
Original release
Network	BBC Two
Release	20 January 2015
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The Eichmann Show is a 2015 British BBC TV drama film produced by Laurence Bowen and Ken Marshall and directed by Paul Andrew Williams.

It is based on the true story of how American TV producer Milton Fruchtman and blacklisted TV director Leo Hurwitz came to broadcast the trial of one of World War II's most notorious Nazis, Adolf Eichmann, in 1961.^[2]

^ ^a ^b The Eichmann Show - BBC Two
^ "The Eichmann Show: New BBC film tells story behind trial's broadcast". Haaretz.com. Amos Schocken. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015. [G]roundbreaking American film producer Milton Fruchtman... was given the job of televising the so-called "Trial of the Century" in Jerusalem in 1961. The broadcasts lasted for over four months and were shown in 56 countries. ... [The] televised trial "became the world's first ever documentary series, and in the process changed the way people saw the Second World War," Laurence Bowen, the films's producer, told BBC. "It was the first time many people had ever heard the story of the Holocaust from the mouths of the victims. So it had a huge impact historically, but it also was a huge event in terms of television." ... [Fruchtmann] said, "In the end every German television station showed segments of the trial each evening. Children who had not learned about the Nazis in school heard about the war for the first time."

[The_Eichmann_Show_-_BBC_Two-1] The Eichmann Show - BBC Two

[eichmann-tv-2] "The Eichmann Show: New BBC film tells story behind trial's broadcast". Haaretz.com. Amos Schocken. 21 January 2015. Archived from the original on 21 January 2015. Retrieved 18 March 2015. [G]roundbreaking American film producer Milton Fruchtman... was given the job of televising the so-called "Trial of the Century" in Jerusalem in 1961. The broadcasts lasted for over four months and were shown in 56 countries. ... [The] televised trial "became the world's first ever documentary series, and in the process changed the way people saw the Second World War," Laurence Bowen, the films's producer, told BBC. "It was the first time many people had ever heard the story of the Holocaust from the mouths of the victims. So it had a huge impact historically, but it also was a huge event in terms of television." ... [Fruchtmann] said, "In the end every German television station showed segments of the trial each evening. Children who had not learned about the Nazis in school heard about the war for the first time."

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