Eichmann

Eichmann (2007) 1:36:32 25fps

Mazel tov!

Mazel tov!

Thank you.

The Argentine Embassy issued a request for clarification

earlier today.

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion refused to comment immediately,

but is expected to address an emergency meeting

of the Knesset any moment now.

Discretion is going to be essential.

You are to tell no one. No one.

Sir!

Ah, here it comes. Let's go in.

At an emergency meeting with the Knesset this afternoon,

Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion announced that Adolf Eichmann

wanted for his part in the murder of six million Jews by the Nazis

is now captive on Israeli soil.

He will stand trial for crimes against humanity and the Jewish people.

I know.

Careful with your head.

Don't be late for my doctor's appointment.

Would I ever?

Yeah.

Still love you.

-Morning, Benjamin. -Morning, Vera.

-Hello. -Hello.

I'm Ben-Gurion. Come with me.

The Minister's waiting for you.

Shalom, Vera.

These personnel are, um,

collecting testimony and taking depositions from survivors.

But only you will have the full picture.

Based on the material you are given,

you will decide what questions to ask Eichmann and when.

Yeah.

Knowing you, I'm sure you'll very quickly gather enough evidence.

It won't be by tomorrow.

Ah, good, Hans!

Captain Avner Less,

permit me to introduce the incorruptible Hans Lipmann.

How do you do?

Well, thank you.

Hans will be assisting you.

Please, sir.

Kind Mr. Guard.

Merci,

gracias,

dankeschon.

Ah!

There he is.

The greatest living threat ever to the Jewish people.

Don't worry,

there'll be no risk to you or your family.

Risk?

It has been 15 years.

We want justice.

Let the past stay in the past.

-Forget it. -No, Sarah.

We want the world to know what that man did.

Revenge?

If that's what you want to call it, darling.

Yes, I do.

Don't you think he should be tried by due process of law?

Avner, even if he is found guilty, what are we going to do with him?

Not execute him. So, what's the point?

And who's going to do the interrogation?

Who have we got who's trained?

-No one. -No one. Yes, no one.

So, let's, um, hang him or shoot him now, all right?

Kill him?

At least we'd save some money.

And, anyway, our legal process is a shambles.

Yeah, but the Government are not prepared to ratify the death penalty.

And how long has that been on the books?

Since the creation of Israel.

-Yeah, 13 years. -12 years.

-13 years, yeah. -13 years, I think.

Well, I think we're paying him too much respect

by giving him a trial.

-Absolutely. -Think about it, right.

So, we give him a trial.

Which indulges him.

I mean, what new information can be gleaned?

What else is there to know? He's a murderer.

Any Jew who believes he's deserving of a trial

is a traitor to his own people.

Right.

Don't you agree, Avner?

I think we should have some more wine.

Is everything okay, my friend?

Yeah.

Yeah.

What did the doctor say?

Well, truth be told, I'm officially in remission.

That's wonderful.

Isn't it?

Sarah... I have polio of the spine.

Yeah.

But you've always had enough energy for two people.

Maybe.

Not anymore, though.

Big mistake, the doctor said, was to have children in the first place.

But Avner and I always wanted family.

And they've been a blessing.

I just don't want them to see me in a wheelchair.

Among us we lost about 60 of our family.

Imagine that.

That man is responsible

for about 60 of our relatives not being here.

Should pay someone to shoot him in the head and be done with it.

And we'll look like a lot of trigger-happy Kikes

who deserve to lose our little strip of sand.

Eichmann to hell!

Send him to hell!

Captain Less?

-Your files, sir. -Ah!

Thank you.

Herr Eichmann, my name is Captain Avner Less.

With your permission I will be asking you some questions.

Permission gladly granted, Captain.

Can you confirm that you signed this document, Herr Eichmann?

Yes.

It states that I came to Israel of my own free will in order to account

for my part in the Final Solution.

Captain...

...I think you will find that I can prove

I was only a humble cog in what was, admittedly,

a highly intimidating machine,

now, of course, on the scrap heap of history.

The intention of The Third Reich

surely was rather more than intimidation.

Well, of course.

The Reich was oppressed on three frontiers.

Our survival as a civilized nation was in question.

You in Israel now must know what it's like

to be surrounded by your enemies.

Herr Eichmann,

I am told that you are willing to give us your version of your role

in the so-called Third Reich.

Is that right?

Jawohl. Let's begin.

Oh, hey.

Oh, I missed you two.

What did you learn today?

We learnt about daddy.

Can we talk?

Vera.

Vera.

Look, I was told not to tell anyone.

How come every Jew in the country knew before I did?

Even the children! I'm your wife!

What are you doing? Why are you treating me like this?

An order is an order.

If I'm told not to tell anyone, then I can't.

Bullshit, for Christ's sake!

Bullshit.

What is your religious affiliation?

There is one creator who is independent

of the material universe.

But to believe that God is separate from His creation,

as I have often been pointing out to my children, is--

You have four sons.

The second youngest...

...Dieter...

...was named after your friend, Dieter Wisliceny.

He was also your subordinate

and testified in Nuremberg saying that you--

I know, I know.

Blaming me. Trying to save his neck.

It didn't work.

Wisliceny claimed that you said you would

"jump into your grave laughing

because you have the death of five million Jews on your conscience

which gives you extraordinary satisfaction.”

I did not say "Jews".

I said, "Enemies of The Reich".

Captain, is it possible I could have some red wine to settle my stomach?

Were you ever aware of using drink as an anesthetic in the war?

Captain, if you want to show me as a drunken Nazi fiend

sending train-loads of Jews to their deaths

in an ecstasy of alcoholic rage,

I can see the publicity value in that.

But between ourselves,

the exactness of my memory

for meetings and personnel 20 years ago

will dispel any notion of lack of control.

Do you ever regret your admiration for the Fuhrer?

The Fuhrer was a mirror held up to a Greater Germany.

When we fell in love with him,

it was really our greater selves that he was enabling everyone to see.

What about the Jews who admired Hitler?

I sympathize with their position because I shared their beliefs.

And what do Germans not share with Jews?

Their inherited race.

The Fuhrer's desire, which we had orders to carry out

was to completely clean the German race's blood of impurities.

To purify Germany,

why do you need to kill Greek Jews or Hungarian Jews?

I know.

I never met a Greek Jew I didn't like.