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EICHMANN'S END Presented by the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival

This gripping docu-drama follows Adolf Eichmann, one of the architects of the Holocaust, who managed to escape to Argentina at the end of World War II. Many people know the story of how Mossad agents traveled there in 1960 in order to bring him to justice in Israel. Most do not know how a youthful flirtation between Silvia Hermann, the daughter of a Holocaust survivor, and Eichmann's son, Nick, led to Eichmann's eventual capture. Eichmann's End, which combines historical reenactments with interviews and documentary footage, brings this unknown story vibrantly to life. Featuring actors with credits in movies such as Run, Lola, Run and The Lives of Others, the film drops the viewer into Buenos Aires in the 1950s when Jewish refugees and unrepentant Nazis harbor dreams of both revenge and vindication. Simultaneously, it documents the dogged efforts of Fritz Bauer, the state public prosecutor in Frankfurt to bring Eichmann to justice even while elements within the German government conspire to shield war criminals from prosecution. Even in the face of initial skepticism upon the part of the German and Israeli authorities, Silvia and her father, Lothar, relentlessly pursue Eichmann. As the tension builds, it becomes clear that both will risk everything to ensure that Eichmann is caught and made to pay for his crimes.