The Jew Who Dealt with the Nazis: Killing Kasztner (Original title)
Date: 25 May 2009 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, IsraelDirector: Gaylen Ross
Synopsis: Dr Israel (Rezso) Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who tried to rescue the last million Jews of Europe by negotiating face to face with Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, was gunned down by another Jew who never set foot in Nazi Europe. Some people considered Kasztner a hero for his eventual rescue of almost 1,700 Jews on a train to safety in Switzerland. Yet this extraordinary act was later cast as an one of betrayal. After Kasztner moved to Israel, he fought a vicious libel battle in a trial that portrayed him as 'the man who sold his soul to the devil', leading to his assassination in Tel Aviv in 1957. This documentary re-opens the history books on Kasztner's life and the events surrounding this controversial figure. It follows Kasztner's family and survivors, plagued by a legacy they are determined to change. Ze'ev Eckstein reveals, step-by-step, his transformation into an assassin - the events and passions that turned a young man into an agent of politics and revenge. ©BBC publicity.
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Date: 25 May 2009Broadcast channel: BBC FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:30Slot duration: 90 minsDigital Terrestrial - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Date: 25 May 2009 (Television)Countries: United Kingdom, IsraelDirector: Gaylen Ross
Synopsis: Dr Israel (Rezso) Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who tried to rescue the last million Jews of Europe by negotiating face to face with Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann, was gunned down by another Jew who never set foot in Nazi Europe. Some people considered Kasztner a hero for his eventual rescue of almost 1,700 Jews on a train to safety in Switzerland. Yet this extraordinary act was later cast as an one of betrayal. After Kasztner moved to Israel, he fought a vicious libel battle in a trial that portrayed him as 'the man who sold his soul to the devil', leading to his assassination in Tel Aviv in 1957. This documentary re-opens the history books on Kasztner's life and the events surrounding this controversial figure. It follows Kasztner's family and survivors, plagued by a legacy they are determined to change. Ze'ev Eckstein reveals, step-by-step, his transformation into an assassin - the events and passions that turned a young man into an agent of politics and revenge. ©BBC publicity.
Series title:
TV Transmissions
Date: 25 May 2009Broadcast channel: BBC FourCountry: United KingdomTransmission time: 22:00-23:30Slot duration: 90 minsDigital Terrestrial - Language: English - Colour - Sound - Stereo
Credits
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Production Company: BBC, Executive Producer for the BBC: Greg Sanderson, Nick Fraser, Producer: Gaylen Ross, Producer: Tony Tabatznik, Producer: Andrew Cohen, Producer: Noam Shalev, Producer: Gus D. Samios, Producer: Anne Feinsilber, Series Editor: Nick Fraser, Script: Gaylen Ross, Camera: Robert Richman, Camera: Roni Kaldaron, Camera: Yoav Kosh, Camera: Boaz Eshtai, Mani Elias, Editor: Andrew Ford, Editor: Laure Sullivan, Music: Brake Leyh, Sound: Moti Hefetz, Sound: Ravid Biran, Sound: Joshua Kraft
Cast
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Larry Pine (voice of Kasztner), Ze'ev Eckstein (on-screen participant)