Killing Kasztner Hollywood Drama Movie 2009
The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
Cast And Crew
Cast : Zsuzsi Kasztner ,Merav Michaeli ,Ze'ev Eckstein , Joseph
Lapid ,Uri Avnery ,Eli Rosenbaum
Director :Gaylen Ross
Writer : Gaylen Ross
Producers :Tony Tabatznik , Andrew Cohen , Gaylen Ross , Noam Shalev
Screenwriter:Andrew Cohen
Theatrical Release:Oct 23, 2009
Killing Kasztner Movie Reviews
True stories rarely contain a historic mystery, a courtroom drama, a political murder, and a family saga, but all can be found in the contentious story of Rezso Kasztner. In Nazi occupied Hungary, Kasztner, a Jew, dared to negotiate face to face with the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann. While the Nazi killing machine was at its peak, Kasztner secured a rescue train for 1684 Jews from Budapest, and bargained for tens of thousands additional lives. It may have been the largest rescue of its kind during the Holocaust, more than were saved by Oskar Schindler. 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.” He was ultimately assassinated by Jewish right wing extremists in Tel Aviv in 1957.
After receiving critical acclaim at the Toronto International Film Festival and playing to sold out houses in Israel, American director Gaylen Ross’s Killing Kasztner – eight years in the making – 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 Kasztner’s assassin, Ze’ev Eckstein, and a chilling meeting between the killer and Kasztner’s daughter, Zsuzsi, audiences finally can decide the legacy of this forgotten man.
Killing Kasztner features Zsuzsi Kasztner, Merav Michaeli, Ze’ev Eckstein, Joseph “Tommy” Lapid, Uri Avnery, and U.S. prosecutor Eli Rosenbaum.
Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis will begin its run at Cinema Village in New York City on October 23, 2009.
To an even greater degree than Oskar Schindler, Dr. Israel Kasztner played a key role in saving the lives of well over 1,000 Jews from the Holocaust (1,600 in Kasztner's case; 1,200 in Schindler's). However, a fascinating and deeply sad irony lies buried in the differences between the men's stories: Schindler was a Nazi party member who manipulated the Gestapo to save the said individuals, and he died a veritable hero. Meanwhile, Kasztner was a Jew who bargained with Adolf Eichmann for the salvation of the 1,600 (whom he shuttled off to Switzerland on a train), and was not ultimately laurelled as a hero, but branded a traitor by his own people. This occurred largely because the notion of bargaining with the Nazis struck many as morally unacceptable (indeed, a greater moral infraction, in the eyes of some, than simple party membership). Kasztner's tale thus speaks volumes about the complex loyalties, conflicting allegiances, and deep-seated confusion at the heart of World War II, and those are the gray areas explored by director Gaylen Ross in this penetrative documentary account of Kasztner's life.
The film ultimately poses key questions about the extent to which collaboration with the enemy is morally acceptable in a time of war; it reveals the extent to which Kasztner touched innumerable lives, and features deeply moving interviews with Kasztner's family (who are still attempting to restore his legacy), even as it also features conversations with Kasztner's political opponents and detractorsWatch online Movie Trailer free Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis Hollywood film.The film Directed by Gaylen Ross .
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