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  • 2009
  • GR Films
  • 2 h
  • 2009
  • GR Films
  • 2 h

Summary Israel Kasztner. A Hungarian Jew who negotiated for lives with Adolf Eichman. A trial and verdict that forever stamped him as the "man who sold his soul to the devil." Murdered by Israeli assassins who gunned him down in front of his doorstep. Now fifty years later, his daughter's desperate efforts to restore her father's place as the gr...

  • 2009
  • GR Films
  • 2 h
  • 2009
  • GR Films
  • 2 h

Killing Kasztner

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Summary Israel Kasztner. A Hungarian Jew who negotiated for lives with Adolf Eichman. A trial and verdict that forever stamped him as the "man who sold his soul to the devil." Murdered by Israeli assassins who gunned him down in front of his doorstep. Now fifty years later, his daughter's desperate efforts to restore her father's place as the gr...

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If you know the name Rezso Kasztner, you won't need any encouragement to see Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis. If you don't, that is even more reason to see this documentary on the strange and compelling life and death of one of the most morally complex figures to come out of the Holocaust.
By Kenneth Turan FULL REVIEW
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Biased as journalism but engrossing as a movie, this documentary about a controversial Holocaust figure should be taken with a grain of kosher salt.
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63
There’s no question that Kasztner has vastly more significance for the historian. Eckstein, a grim footnote to history, has much more for the artist.
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The film leaves you with a sense that Kastner’s name is a casualty of rhetorical crossfire.
By Stephen Holden FULL REVIEW
50
Frequently cutting away from storylines just before they peak and returning to them too much later, odd editing/structural choices never let the picture build up a satisfying head of steam. Overall look is just slightly better than homevideo.
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Ross is very good at teasing out the politics behind Kasztner's shifting fortunes, not to mention his murky ambitions. But closure is the last thing that's needed here.
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Production Company GR Films
Release Date Oct 23, 2009
Duration 2 h
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Tagline The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis.
Website http://www.killingkasztner.com/
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Awards

Boston Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination
Twin Cities Jewish Film Festival
• 1 Win & 1 Nomination

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