The Trial of Adolf Eichmann

6.6

116 minutes

4/30/1997

Overview

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.

Cast List

Brian Bedford
as Adolf Eichmann (voice)
Peter Gallagher
as Gideon Hausner (voice)
Ed Asner
as Dr. Robert Servatius (voice)
Eli Wallach
as Pinchas Freudiger / David Ben-Gurion (voices)
Stephen Lang
as Aaron Lindenstrauss / Dr. Joseph Melkman (voices)
Eric Bogosian
as Franz Meyer / Israel Gutman (voices)
Tony Roberts
as Heinrich Karl Grüber / George Wellers (voices)
Anne Jackson
as Ada Lichtman (voice)
Jeffrey DeMunn
as Moshe Beisky / Martin Földi (voices)
Lou Diamond Phillips
as Abba Kovner / Eliahu Rosenberg (voices)
Sam Robards
as Avraham Aviel (voice)
Bruce Davison
as Yehiel Dinur (voice)
Lou Jacobi
as Judge Yitzhak Raveh (voice)