Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis - 2-DVD Set

Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt with Nazis - 2-DVD Set (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Toronto International Film Festival
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
English ( Dolby Digital Stereo )
French ( Subtitles )

Product Origin/Format:
France ( PAL/Region 0 )

Running Time:
129 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
2-DVD Set
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Remastered

Movie filmed in 2015 and produced in:
France ( France, Benelux )

Directed By:
Gaylen Ross

Written By:
Gaylen Ross

Actors:
Gaylen Ross

Synopsis:

Rezso Kasztner, known as the Jewish Schindler, negotiated face to face with Adolf Eichmann, rescuing 1700 Jews on a train to Switzerland, and may have saved tens of thousands more lives. Yet Kasztner was condemned as a traitor in his adopted country of Israel; accused as a collaborator in a trial and verdict that divided a nation and forever stamped him as the 'man who sold his soul to the devil.' It was a verdict overturned by Israel's Supreme Court but too late for Kasztner. He was ultimately assassinated by Jewish right wing extremists in Tel Aviv in 1957. Director Gaylen Ross investigates this tale of murder, intrigue, and heroism through accounts of the inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after 50 years by Kasztner's assassin, Ze'ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner's daughter, Zsuzsi.

After receiving critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and an unprecedented theatrical release in Israel, American director Gaylen Ross 'Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis' now poses the question to U.S. audiences: Was Rezso Kasztner a heroic rescuer of Jews or a villain colluding with the Nazis? Through accounts of the inflammatory political trial, startling revelations after 50 years by Kasztners assassin, Zeev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztners daughter, Zsuzsi, audiences finally can decide the legacy of this forgotten man.

This product was added to our catalog on Wednesday 30 November, 2016.

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