“MONSTER ON TRIAL”
Starring: Thomas Kretschmann, Troy Garity, Franka Potente and Stephen Fry
Directed by: Robert Young
MPAA Rating: Unrated
Genre: Docudrama
Running Time: 1hr 40min
By John Delia
Well acted, documented and filmed, Eichmann gives a keen dramatic account of the monster that tried to destroy a race. The DVD allows you to take a closer look at this appalling criminal during an interview just prior to his trial in Israel.
Captured by intelligence operatives in Argentina fifteen years after World War II, Adolf Eichmann, (Thomas Kretschmann, The Pianist, Valkyrie) — the world’s most wanted man — must be broken down and the truth unveiled. Before he is to be executed for war crimes, however, he finds himself in a battle of wills with Captain Avner Less (Troy Garity, Soldier’s Girl, Sunshine), an Israeli police officer who will stop at nothing to learn the truth behind his atrocities.
As a bonus, you can hear the voice of the Avner Less as he explains how monsters like this can nurture under a dictatorship. He goes into the reality of the dangers that bestow every government that closes its eyes to the dangers of ‘complete’ control.
The film is unrated and contains mature subject matter.
FINAL ANALYSIS:Â A fascinating look at a despicable monster. (B-)