Operation Finale
Operation Finale is a 2018 American historical drama thriller film, 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.
- Directed by Chris Weitz. Written by Matthew Orton, based on several source materials including "Eichmann in My Hands" by Peter Malkin and Harry Stein.
After World War II, the mission for justice began.
- [to Eichmann] You think you're a ghost, but you're not.
- We are here to judge you. We are here to give you justice.
- He's a monster, but he's just a man.
Others
[edit]- David Ben-Gurion: Our memory reaches back through recorded history. The book of memory still lies open. And you here now are the hand that holds the pen. If you succeed, for the first time in our history we will judge our executioner. And we will warn off any who wishes to follow his example. If you fail, he escapes justice, perhaps forever. I beg you. Do not fail.
Dialogue
[edit]- [after the capture, Zvi Aharoni and the team begin to interrogate Klement]
- Zvi Aharoni: Open your eyes. [Klement opens his eyes. Aharoni takes off his jacket and puts it on a chair. He sits down opposite Klement] I want you to tell me your name.
- Ricardo Klement: [short pause] I am Ricardo Klement.
- [Aharoni takes out and holds up an old photo of a young Eichmann in uniform when he was an SS Officer, on the back of the photo is the number "45326"]
- Zvi Aharoni: Do you recognise the man in this picture?
- Ricardo Klement: [short pause, doesn't have his glasses] I can't see him clearly.
- Zvi Aharoni: The man in the picture is you. SS number 45381, am I correct? [short pause, Klement does not respond] Again: your number was 45381. [still no response] Your number was 45381. 45381. 45381!
- Adolf Eichmann: It was 4-5-3-2-6. [short pause] In our facts have effect. My name is Adolf Eichmann.
- Adolph Eichmann: You know I tried to help. For years, I got your people out of the country. That was "my" solution. I wanted the Jews sent to Madagascar.
- Peter Malkin: Yes, dying of malaria is nicer than poisoned gas. Very thoughtful of you.
Cast
[edit]- Oscar Isaac - Peter Malkin
- Ben Kingsley - Adolf Eichmann
- Mélanie Laurent - Hanna Elian
- Lior Raz - Isser Harel
- Nick Kroll - Rafi Eitan
- Michael Aronov - Zvi Aharoni
- Haley Lu Richardson - Sylvia Hermann
- Joe Alwyn - Klaus Eichmann
- Michael Benjamin Hernandez - Dani Shalom
- Greg Hill - Moshe Tabor
- Ohad Knoller - Ephraim Ilani
- Torben Liebrecht - Yaakov Gat
- Simon Russell Beale - David Ben-Gurion
- Pêpê Rapazote - Carlos Fuldner
- Greta Scacchi - Vera Eichmann
- Peter Strauss - Lothar Hermann
See also
[edit]- The Eichmann Show, set a year after the events of Eichmann's capture and arrest, about the broadcasting of the Eichmann trial.
External links
[edit]
- Operation Finale quotes at the Internet Movie Database