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 Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_1'); })The Eichmann Show is a 2015 TV film that dramatizes the trial of Adolf Eichmann for his crimes as one of the architects of the Holocaust, using documentary footage from the actual trial and newly-filmed footage using actors to stand in for the people involved. Eichmann's trial was the first to be shown on live television, and the first truly global documentary, making it a turning point for television and the media in general as well as for the public's understanding of the Holocaust.The film details both the technical difficulties the documentary team faced (such as developing a new system of cameras so that they would not be visible and distract anyone and the security measures needed to protect them from fanatical Nazis who wanted to interfere,) and the personally harrowing experience of dealing with such traumatic material. In particular, the director Leo's personal obsession with trying to understand how a human being could end up committing such atrocities brings him into conflict with the producer Milton's greater interest in making the trial accessible to as many viewers as possible so the Nazi atrocities are not forgotten.Advertisement:propertag.cmd.push(function() { proper_display('tvtropes_mobile_ad_2'); })Martin Freeman plays Milton Fruchtman, producer of the broadcast. Anthony LaPaglia plays Leo Hurwitz, the TV director sidelined by the Hollywood blacklist that Fruchtman hires to direct the broadcast.
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 Crusading Lawyer: Hausner deliberately arranged for as much material on the Holocaust to appear in court as possible (hundreds of documents and 112 witnesses presented over the course of 56 days, and it would have been a lot more if Eichmann's attorney hadn't argued that it was irrelevant to Eichmann's individual guilt), so that the trial would stand as a comprehensive record of the entire extermination, not just the personal trial of one man. He is also utterly relentless in getting Eichmann to acknowledge that he organised the death march to Budapest.
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 Battle of Wits: Between Eichmann and Attorney General Hausner during the cross-examination. Eichmann is very good at evading questions and avoiding either admitting his own involvement or stating that he considered the actions of other Nazis to be criminal and thus incriminate himself. Eventually, Hausner gets him to crack, but even Milton has to acknowledge "whatever else he might be, this is not a stupid man."
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