The Specialist

Name: The Specialist
Genre: Documentary
Released: April 14, 2000
Duration: 128 min
Rating: 75

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Kino International | Release Date: April 14, 2000

Summary: Eyal Silvan's documentary of the 1961 trial of former SS official Adolf Eichmann, cut from 350 hours of footage, details how three Isreali judges had to determine over the course of eight months the extent to which Eichmann (known as the "specialist" for his transportation of the Reich's Jewish population) could be held legally responsibleEyal Silvan's documentary of the 1961 trial of former SS official Adolf Eichmann, cut from 350 hours of footage, details how three Isreali judges had to determine over the course of eight months the extent to which Eichmann (known as the "specialist" for his transportation of the Reich's Jewish population) could be held legally responsible for the deaths of millions.… Expand

Director: Eyal Sivan

Genre(s): Documentary

Runtime: 128 min

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David Sterritt

An astonishing human, political, and historical document. Read full review

Owen Gleiberman

This lone, fallen Nazi's obsessive distance from his actions is enough to give The Specialist a lingering chill. Read full review

J. Hoberman

An austere and fascinating documentary. Read full review

Jack Mathews

The Specialist allows Eichmann to convict himself, not of complicity in the Holocaust -- to that he pleads guilty, by reason of nationalism -- but as a man unfazed by his own inhumanity. Read full review

Hannah Brown

It's a worthwhile film both for history buffs and people who are still learning. Read full review

TV Guide Magazine Ken Fox

Presents the salient points of this troubling case with gripping concision. Read full review

Jonathan Rosenbaum

What's most conspicuously missing is the kind of background information needed to assess many of Eichmann's statements. Read full review

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