Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis
A film by Gaylen Ross
Director Gaylen Ross in person at the following performances:
January 8 at 5:00, 7:45
January 9 at 1:45, 5:00, 7:45
January 10 at 1:45
HERO OR TRAITOR? 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.” 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.
Critical Reaction
A stunning, shocking bit of suppressed history that is finally coming to the fore. Makes for fascinating viewing!
—Jeffrey Lyons,10 Best Films of the Year
—Hannah Brown, The Jerusalem PostSUBERB!
—The New Republic
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Technical Information
- Production Year
- 2008
- Country of Production
- United States
- Running Time
- 116 min
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