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Synopsis: In 1961 former Nazi Adolf Eichmann is captured by Jewish agents and put on trial. American television producer Milton Fruchtman fervently believes that the trial with its witness accounts of Nazi atrocities should be televised to show the world the evils of the Holocaust and to combat any resurgence of Nazism and joins forces with black-listed director Leo Hurwitz. Despite death threats, reluctance to cooperate from several networks and even resistance from the Israeli prime minister David Ben-Gurion, who fears a 'show trial', the pair persist and move their cameras into the court-room. Edited daily and shown in some three dozen countries the 'Eichmann Show' becomes the first ever global television documentary.
 
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2015
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EICHMANN (V.O.)

To a place of opportunity andsafety. I am already arranging foryou to join me in this new land.

Turning, Eichmann sees a muscular BLONDE MAN nearby. Blind inone eye. He notices Eichmann. Recognises him. Salutes.

EICHMANN (V.O.)

Life will be good for us there. Ipromise you, my love.

A smile on Eichmann’s lips as he turns back to the sea...

11 INT/EXT. PERSONNEL. SHIN-BET HQ. TEL AVIV, ISRAEL. DAY (1960)

Outside, a young Tel Aviv BUSTLES. White-stone buildings,

already faded by the scorching Israeli sun. A stretch ofocean, the yellow beach. All noise and excitement and energy.

But inside this stuffy office, TWO MEN sit in silence. One, aPERSONNEL OFFICIAL, turns a tape recorder on. The other isPETER MALKIN. Heavier set than when we first saw him.

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL

For the tape, state your name.

MALKIN:

Malkin, Peter.

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL

Mr. Malkin, can you describe your

present role within Shin Bet?

MALKIN:

Desk monkey.

(off the official’s look)

Collections department, German

desk. Tactical co-ordination and

execution. Previously, disguise

specialist and field operative.

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL

And you’ve been out of active

service for eight months now, yes?

MALKIN:

I haven’t been counting.

7.

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL

And do you understand why?

MALKIN:

Anti-Semitism?

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL

Mr. Malkin.

He stops the tape. Fixes Malkin with a look.

PERSONNEL OFFICIAL (CONT’D)

The point of today is to figure out

whether you’re ready to return to

the field. So are you gonna f*** me

around, or d’you wanna go back to

chasing the bad guys? Hmm? OK. Let’s

try that again.

Off Malkin, staring straight forward.

12 INT. BATHROOM. SHIN-BET HQ. DAY

A tap runs. Malkin leans over the sink. A hip-flask, clenchedin one hand. He takes a hit. Lets it sit before swallowing.

Returns the flask to his pocket. Ignores someone BANGING onthe door. Puts his hand down on the sink

-a BLUE, WOVEN BRACELET comes out from under his jacketsleeve. He stares at it for a long moment.

13 INT. CANTEEN. SHIN-BET HQ. DAY

Malkin sits at a steel bench, chewing through falafel balls.

Clusters of people sit and talk, but Malkin remains alone.

His jacket is off, and his bracelet visible.

Across from him he notices a dark-haired, sharp-eyed agentHANNA enter with a friend. He watches her a moment.

AHARONI (O.S.)

How’s it in purgatory, fuckhead?

Stood with two friends, CIA-trained AHARONI sneers at Malkin.

A sense of superiority hangs off him like a bad cologne.

MALKIN:

You should come visit more often.

AHARONI:

Oh yeah?

8.

MALKIN:

Yeah. It’d make a welcome change to

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