Killing Kasztner

Killing Kasztner (2008)

The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis.

How much should you negotiate with the enemy? In Israel, the debate over that question evoked fury to the point of assassination. Such was the case of Kasztner. 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. After 50 years, his assassin Ze'ev Eckstein breaks his silence on the fateful night he shot and killed Kasztner. (Storyville)

Date of release
2008-10-01
Runtime
2h 9m
Genres
War, Documentary, History
Director
Gaylen Ross

Interesting facts

Killing Kasztner: The Jew who Dealt with the Nazis is a feature-length theatrical documentary about Rudolf Kastner, and directed by Gaylen Ross.

Production

Ross commented in an interview with Aviva Berlin:The film is very personal, very emotional in the portrayal of the families and survivors, and they were terribly candid and open in their view of what had happened to them over the years, and the effects of the trial and murder on their lives. Especially Kasztner's daughter Zsuzsi.

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