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BBC Two Sets Premiere Date For 'The Eichmann Show'
By Patrick Munn | January 9, 2015 - 9:03 am
The Eichmann ShowBBC Two's Martin Freeman (Sherlock) and Anthony LaPaglia
(Without A Trace) fronted one-off drama The Eichmann Show will premiere on
Tuesday January 20th at 9pm, it has been announced.
Penned by Simon Block, The Eichmann Show tells the true behind-the-scenes
story of how the trial of Adolf Eichmann was televised in 37 countries over
the course of four months. Hailed at the time as the 'trial of the century,
it was the world's first global TV event and was the first time the horror
of the death camps had been heard live from the mouths of its victims. The
film will incorporate recreations and actual archive footage from the trial.
The one-off drama, which forms part of the BBC's output to commemorate the
70th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau, is produced by
Feelgood Fiction and stars Martin Freeman as Milton Fruchtman, Anthony
LaPaglia as Leo Hurwitz, Rebecca Front as Mrs Landau, Andy Nyman as David
Landor, and Nicholas Woodeson as Yaakov. Paul Andrew Williams is the
director.
TVWise's UK Premiere Dates page has been updated with this new information.

Derek Malcolm recommends The Last of the Unjust
Claude Lanzmann's documentary focuses on the Viennese Jewish elder Benjamin
Murmelstein who collaborated with "the architect of the Holocaust", Adolf
Eichmann.


Exiled: Claude Lanzmann interviewing Benjamin Murmelstein in 1975

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