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The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

Released: April 30, 1997 (1997)

Runtime: 116 minutes

Genres: Documentary

David Brinkley hosts this shattering two-hour documentary about the trial of the man whose role in deporting the Jews of Europe for extermination made him the target of a 15-year manhunt by Israeli agents. Rare videotapes of the trial, exclusive interviews with courtroom witnesses, prosecutors, and others recount the emotionally explosive proceedings.

Main Cast (Top 10 billed, oldest first)

  • Eli Wallach as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)

    Age at release: 81

  • Anne Jackson as Ada Lichtman (voice)

    Age at release: 71

  • Ed Asner as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)

    Age at release: 67

  • Brian Bedford as Adolf Eichmann (voice)

    Age at release: 62

  • Tony Roberts as Heinrich Karl Grüber / George Wellers (voices)

    Age at release: 57

  • Jeffrey DeMunn as Moshe Beisky / Martin Földi (voices)

    Age at release: 50

  • Stephen Lang as Aaron Lindenstrauss / Dr. Joseph Melkman (voices)

    Age at release: 44

  • Eric Bogosian as Franz Meyer / Israel Gutman (voices)

    Age at release: 44

  • Peter Gallagher as Gideon Hausner (voice)

    Age at release: 41

  • Lou Diamond Phillips as Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)

    Age at release: 35

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