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Aug 29, 2018 · Operation Finale: Directed by Chris Weitz. With Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz. A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
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- Biography, Drama, History
- Chris Weitz
- 2018-08-29
Operation Finale is a 2018 American historical dramatic thriller film directed by Chris Weitz from a screenplay by Matthew Orton about a 1960 clandestine operation by Israeli commandos to capture former SS officer Adolf Eichmann, and transport him to Jerusalem for trial on charges of crimes against humanity.
Aug 29, 2018 · “Operation Finale,” directed by Chris Weitz from a script by Matthew Orton, begins with Isaac’s Malkin in Austria, in 1954, conducting a raid on the home of a suspected Nazi; the fellow, who’s gunned down trying to escape, WAS a Nazi (we see him hiding some swastika-embossed books before getting the door), just not their Nazi. Quite a ...
Aug 29, 2018 · The two men strike up a strangely ordinary repartee during the 10 days between Eichmann’s capture and his departure for Israel. Here’s what’s real—and what’s fictional—in the movie.
- 3 min
- Eliana Dockterman
Aug 28, 2018 · The daring mission to smuggle Eichmann out of Argentina is told in Operation Finale, a new film directed by Chris Weitz, which opens on August 29. The movie covers the entire operation, from...
After World War II ends, Holocaust mastermind Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) disappears; other Nazi leaders commit suicide and none face trial for their crimes. Years later, Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) mistakenly kills the wrong person while hunting a Nazi war criminal in Austria, damaging his reputation.