''Operation Eichmann'' is a 1961 American
crime film directed by
R. G. Springsteen
Robert G. Springsteen (September 8, 1904 – December 9, 1989) was an American director of Hollywood B movies and television shows. He was most often credited on screen as R. G. Springsteen.
Biography
Born in Tacoma, Washington in 1904, S ...
, with
Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in ...
in the title role. It is a highly fictionalized account of the life of the war criminal
Adolf Eichmann, from his career as a member of the
SS and an architect of
the Holocaust
The Holocaust, also known as the Shoah, was the genocide of European Jews during World War II. Between 1941 and 1945, Nazi Germany and its collaborators systematically murdered some six million Jews across German-occupied Europe; ...
to his kidnap in
Argentina
Argentina (), officially the Argentine Republic ( es, link=no, República Argentina), is a country in the southern half of South America. Argentina covers an area of , making it the second-largest country in South America after Brazil, th ...
by the
Mossad.
Plot
After orchestrating the "
Final Solution
The Final Solution (german: die Endlösung, ) or the Final Solution to the Jewish Question (german: Endlösung der Judenfrage, ) was a Nazi plan for the genocide of individuals they defined as Jews during World War II. The "Final Solution to th ...
to the
Jewish problem
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", when Germany is defeated at the end of WWII, Adolph Eichman utilizes
underground networks and escapes to South America. Dissatisfied with his treatment, he attempts to assert his former authority over the organization. Realizing his delusional and dangerous demeanor, he is rebuffed and betrayed, and allowed to be captured by Mossad.
Cast
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Werner Klemperer
Werner Klemperer (March 22, 1920 – December 6, 2000) was an American actor. He was known for playing Colonel Wilhelm Klink on the CBS television sitcom ''Hogan's Heroes'', for which he twice won the award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in ...
as Lieutenant Colonel
Adolf Eichmann
*
Ruta Lee
Ruta Lee (born Ruta Mary Kilmonis; May 30, 1935) is an American actress and dancer who appeared as one of the brides in the musical '' Seven Brides for Seven Brothers''. She had roles in films including Billy Wilder's crime drama '' Witness for ...
as Anna Kemp, Eichmann's
Domestic Partner
A domestic partnership is a legal relationship, usually between couples, who live together and share a common domestic life, but are not married (to each other or to anyone else). People in domestic partnerships receive benefits that guarantee ...
*
Donald Buka
Donald Buka (August 17, 1920 – July 21, 2009) was an American supporting actor in radio, films, and television from 1943 ('' Watch on the Rhine'') to 1971 when he appeared in '' A Memory of Two Mondays''.
Early years
Buka was born on Augus ...
as David, Fictional
Israeli
Israeli may refer to:
* Something of, from, or related to the State of Israel
* Israelis, citizens or permanent residents of the State of Israel
* Modern Hebrew, a language
* ''Israeli'' (newspaper), published from 2006 to 2008
* Guni Israeli ...
Mossad Agent and Holocaust Survivor
*
John Banner
John Banner (born Johann Banner, January 28, 1910 – January 28, 1973) was an Austrian-born American actor, best known for his role as Sergeant Schultz in the situation comedy ''Hogan's Heroes'' (1965–1971). Schultz, constantly encou ...
as
Colonel
Colonel (abbreviated as Col., Col or COL) is a senior military officer rank used in many countries. It is also used in some police forces and paramilitary organizations.
In the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries, a colonel was typically in charge o ...
Rudolf Höss
Rudolf Franz Ferdinand Höss (also Höß, Hoeß, or Hoess; 25 November 1901 – 16 April 1947) was a German SS officer during the Nazi era who, after the defeat of Nazi Germany, was convicted for war crimes. Höss was the longest-serving comm ...
, Auschwitz Camp Commander
*
Hanna Hertelendy
Hanna Hertelendy (born Taylor Silami; October 5, 1919 – May 15, 2008), also known as Hanna Landy, was a Hungarian-American film and television actress.
Early years
She was born as Taylor Silami near Miramichi. She married Bryce Hertelendy in ...
as Tessa, Höss's Wife
*
Barbara Turner as Sara, David's Wife and Fellow
Holocaust survivor
Holocaust survivors are people who survived the Holocaust, defined as the persecution and attempted annihilation of the Jews by Nazi Germany and its allies before and during World War II in Europe and North Africa. There is no universally accep ...
*
Steve Gravers as Jacob, David's Brother-In-Law
*
Jimmy Baird
Jimmy Baird (born 1948) is an American film and television actor. He is known for playing Pee Wee Jenkins in the American western television series '' Fury''.
Life and career
Baird was born in Seattle, Washington. He began his screen career i ...
as Young David (1941-1945)
* Debbie Cannon as Young Sara (1941-1945)
* Jackie Russo as Young Jacob (1941-1945)
*
Oscar Beregi, Jr.
Oscar Beregi Jr. (May 12, 1918 – November 1, 1976) was a Hungarian-born film and television actor. He was the son of actor Oscar Beregi (actor, born 1876), Oscar Beregi Sr. and often was billed simply as Oscar Beregi. Beregi was most famous ...
as
Kuwait
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i
Police Commissioner
*
Luis Van Rooten
Luis d'Antin van Rooten (November 29, 1906 – June 17, 1973) was a Mexican-born American actor. He was sometimes credited as Louis Van Rooten.
Van Rooten was born in Mexico City, Mexico, and emigrated to the United States with his parents when ...
as SS Police General
Heinrich Himmler
Heinrich Luitpold Himmler (; 7 October 1900 – 23 May 1945) was of the (Protection Squadron; SS), and a leading member of the Nazi Party of Germany. Himmler was one of the most powerful men in Nazi Germany and a main architect of th ...
Production
Filming started 12 January 1961.
References
External links
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1961 films
American war films
Films set in the 1940s
Films set in 1960
Allied Artists films
Films directed by R. G. Springsteen
Cultural depictions of Adolf Eichmann
Cultural depictions of Heinrich Himmler
1960s English-language films
1960s American films
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