- Studio: Kino International
- Release Date: Apr 14, 2000
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100An astonishing human, political, and historical document.
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91This lone, fallen Nazi's obsessive distance from his actions is enough to give The Specialist a lingering chill.
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80An austere and fascinating documentary.
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75The Specialist allows Eichmann to convict himself, not of complicity in the Holocaust -- to that he pleads guilty, by reason of nationalism -- but as a man unfazed by his own inhumanity.
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75It's a worthwhile film both for history buffs and people who are still learning.
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70Presents the salient points of this troubling case with gripping concision.
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50What's most conspicuously missing is the kind of background information needed to assess many of Eichmann's statements.