In 2018, Film Inquiry sat down with actor Ben Kingsley to discuss his weighty role as Adolf Eichmann in "Operation Finale," a film about a group of spies that capture the Nazi warlord in Argentina in 1960. Eichmann was the "architect of the Final Solution," a leader who organized and managed the mass deportation and deaths of the Jewish people in concentration camps during World War II.
Film Inquiry asks Kingsley, "How did you get into the mind of such a dark and ruthless mass murderer?" They use a chilling quote from Eichmann to demonstrate just how evil the man was; not only did he arrange the massacre of countless lives, but he enjoyed doing it, stating, "I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have 5 million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction."
Kingsley took a different approach to playing Eichmann,...
Film Inquiry asks Kingsley, "How did you get into the mind of such a dark and ruthless mass murderer?" They use a chilling quote from Eichmann to demonstrate just how evil the man was; not only did he arrange the massacre of countless lives, but he enjoyed doing it, stating, "I will leap into my grave laughing because the feeling that I have 5 million human beings on my conscience is for me a source of extraordinary satisfaction."
Kingsley took a different approach to playing Eichmann,...
- 2/27/2023
- by Caroline Madden
- Slash Film
Follow the astonishing true story of an Israeli intelligence agent who brought Hitler’s deadliest lieutenant to justice in the intense and gripping film, Operation Finale, arriving on Digital on November 20, 2018 and on Blu-ray combo pack, DVD and On Demand on December 4, 2018 from Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures (MGM) and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment. Brimming with incredible performances from Golden Globe winner Oscar Isaac (Ex Machina) and Academy Award winner Ben Kingsley (Schindler’s List), Operation Finale is also backed by an amazing supporting cast including Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Bastards), Lior Roz (Fauda), Nick Kroll (Loving), Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk), Pepe Rapazote (Narcos) and Greta Scacchi (Brideshead Revisited) .
Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a screenplay by Matthew Orton. The film follows the gripping true story of the 1960 covert mission of legendary Israeli intelligence agent...
Operation Finale is directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a screenplay by Matthew Orton. The film follows the gripping true story of the 1960 covert mission of legendary Israeli intelligence agent...
- 12/4/2018
- by Tom Stockman
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
Stars: Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Mélanie Laurent, Lior Raz, Nick Kroll, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Michael Benjamin Hernandez, Joe Alwyn, Greta Scacchi, Peter Strauss, Haley Lu Richardson | Written by Matthew Orton | Directed by Chris Weitz
In 1960 a team of secret agents, led by Mossad agent Peter Malkin, set out to track down Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps during the Holocaust…
Director Chris Weitz’s Operation Finale follows the haunting and terrifying true story of a team of Israeli secret service agents and their tense mission to identify and extract Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Holocaust who escaped justice and fled to Argentina. Weitz film while almost perfectly evokes such a perfect 1960′s cinematic aesthetic and utilises a terrific cast, does little to showcase the haunting and intense thriller...
In 1960 a team of secret agents, led by Mossad agent Peter Malkin, set out to track down Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps during the Holocaust…
Director Chris Weitz’s Operation Finale follows the haunting and terrifying true story of a team of Israeli secret service agents and their tense mission to identify and extract Adolf Eichmann, an architect of the Holocaust who escaped justice and fled to Argentina. Weitz film while almost perfectly evokes such a perfect 1960′s cinematic aesthetic and utilises a terrific cast, does little to showcase the haunting and intense thriller...
- 10/25/2018
- by Jak-Luke Sharp
- Nerdly
Operation Finale, the true story of the capture of Nazi Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) in a mission conducted by Israel intelligence agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac), hits Blu-ray, DVD and On Demand December 4. The ensemble includes Mélanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds), Nick Kroll (Loving), Haley Lu Richardson (The Edge of Seventeen), and Greta Scacchi (Brideshead [...]
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- 10/11/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
In today’s film news roundup, Paramount is trying to bring Rose Byrne on board a Tiffany Haddish project, MGM moves up the release date of “Operation Finale,” and Telexist Films launches as a post-production specialist.
Casting
Paramount Studios is in negotiations with Rose Byrne to join the upcoming Tiffany Haddish comedy “Limited Partners.”
The studio announced in May that it had pulled “Transformers 7” from its June 28, 2019, release date, and slotted Haddish’s comedy “Limited Partners” in its place. Paramount set up the project last fall with writers Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly. The story centers on two female friends who build a successful company, then find their relationship tested following a buyout offer.
Byrne will play the more pragmatic of the two best friends. The comedy is prepping for an October production start. Peter Principato, Itay Reiss, and Joel Zadak are producing.
Byrne has starred in the “Neighbors” movies,...
Casting
Paramount Studios is in negotiations with Rose Byrne to join the upcoming Tiffany Haddish comedy “Limited Partners.”
The studio announced in May that it had pulled “Transformers 7” from its June 28, 2019, release date, and slotted Haddish’s comedy “Limited Partners” in its place. Paramount set up the project last fall with writers Sam Pitman and Adam Cole-Kelly. The story centers on two female friends who build a successful company, then find their relationship tested following a buyout offer.
Byrne will play the more pragmatic of the two best friends. The comedy is prepping for an October production start. Peter Principato, Itay Reiss, and Joel Zadak are producing.
Byrne has starred in the “Neighbors” movies,...
- 7/17/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
This first trailer for the upcoming film Operation Finale does a great job of building the tension for the story that it tells. That story centers on the real-life event of a spy who is brought in to hunt and capture a Nazi war criminal named Adolf Eichmann in Argentina in the 1960s.
Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Peter Malkin, "the Mossad member and head of a group of Israeli spies who took him down. Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) had murdered Malkin’s sister and her children and was the organizer of the transport of Jews to concentration camps in Europe. He escaped to Austria and then to Argentina after WWII."
Operation Finale was directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a script written by Matthew Orton. The film also stars Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds), Nick Kroll (The League), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s...
Oscar Isaac (Star Wars: The Last Jedi) stars as Peter Malkin, "the Mossad member and head of a group of Israeli spies who took him down. Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) had murdered Malkin’s sister and her children and was the organizer of the transport of Jews to concentration camps in Europe. He escaped to Austria and then to Argentina after WWII."
Operation Finale was directed by Chris Weitz (About a Boy) from a script written by Matthew Orton. The film also stars Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent (Inglorious Basterds), Nick Kroll (The League), Joe Alwyn (Billy Lynn’s...
- 6/6/2018
- by Joey Paur
- GeekTyrant
Operation Finale centers on the true story of Mossad agent Peter Malkin’s (Oscar Isaac) journey to Argentina to capture Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley). The all-star cast includes Melanie Laurent (Inglourious Basterds), Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson (Columbus), Nick Kroll, and Greta Scacchi.
Along with the A-list ensemble and the material, Operation Finale is directed [...]
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Along with the A-list ensemble and the material, Operation Finale is directed [...]
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- 6/6/2018
- by Hollywood Outbreak
- HollywoodOutbreak.com
MGM has released their first trailer for Operation Finale, a post-World War II period thriller staring Ben Kingsley and Oscar Isaac. Kingsley plays Adolf Eichmann who, as described in the trailer as “Hitler’s deadliest lieutenant,” was personally responsible for overseeing the transportation and subsequent murder of millions of innocent Jews during the Holocaust. Taking place after the conclusion of World War II, the film tells the incredible true story of Israel’s intelligence service – the Mossad – and their plan to “catch and extract” the fleeing Eichmann from Argentina. Isaac plays Mossad operative Peter Malkin who’s assigned to execute said operation – and he feels the weight of mission as he’s warned in the trailer: “If you succeed, for the first time in our history, we will judge our executioner. If you fail, he escapes justice, perhaps forever. I beg of you, do not fail.”
Chris Weitz directed Operation Finale...
Chris Weitz directed Operation Finale...
- 6/5/2018
- by The Film Stage
- The Film Stage
Operation Finale Trailer
Chris Weitz‘s Operation Finale (2018) movie trailer stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, and Nick Kroll. Operation Finale‘s plot synopsis: “The drama is about the hunt and capture of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in Argentina in the 1960s. Oscar Isaac stars as Peter Malkin, the Mossad member and [...]
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Chris Weitz‘s Operation Finale (2018) movie trailer stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, and Nick Kroll. Operation Finale‘s plot synopsis: “The drama is about the hunt and capture of the Nazi war criminal, Adolf Eichmann, in Argentina in the 1960s. Oscar Isaac stars as Peter Malkin, the Mossad member and [...]
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- 6/5/2018
- by Rollo Tomasi
- Film-Book
Oscar Isaac chases down one of the architects of the Holocaust in MGM’s first trailer for “Operation Finale,” the historical drama about the capture of Adolf Eichmann.
The trailer opens with Eichmann, played by Ben Kingsley, supervising the mass murder of hundreds of concentration camp prisoners, then defending his actions in a voiceover.
“You have no interest in what I have to say,” he says. “Unless it confirms what you think you already know. My job was simple: save the country I love from being destroyed. Is your job any different?”
Chris Weitz directs the drama from Matthew Orton’s screenplay about the capture of Eichmann, who organized the transport of Jews from all over Europe to concentration camps, where an estimated 6 million people were killed. When World War II was ending, Eichmann fled to his home country of Austria and then moved to Argentina. Eichmann was captured in Argentina in 1960 by the Mossad,...
The trailer opens with Eichmann, played by Ben Kingsley, supervising the mass murder of hundreds of concentration camp prisoners, then defending his actions in a voiceover.
“You have no interest in what I have to say,” he says. “Unless it confirms what you think you already know. My job was simple: save the country I love from being destroyed. Is your job any different?”
Chris Weitz directs the drama from Matthew Orton’s screenplay about the capture of Eichmann, who organized the transport of Jews from all over Europe to concentration camps, where an estimated 6 million people were killed. When World War II was ending, Eichmann fled to his home country of Austria and then moved to Argentina. Eichmann was captured in Argentina in 1960 by the Mossad,...
- 6/5/2018
- by Dave McNary
- Variety Film + TV
MGM Studios released the first trailer for director Chris Weitz's upcoming historical thriller, Operation Finale, on Tuesday afternoon. In the movie, Oscar Isaac steps into the shoes of Peter Malkin, the late legendary Mossad agent that orchestrated the 1960 capture of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
The trailer opens with Ben Kingsley's Eichmann defending his role in the mass murder of Jewish prisoners that took place at concentration camps across Europe during World War II. "You have no interest in what I have to say," he says. "Unless it confirms what you think you already ...
The trailer opens with Ben Kingsley's Eichmann defending his role in the mass murder of Jewish prisoners that took place at concentration camps across Europe during World War II. "You have no interest in what I have to say," he says. "Unless it confirms what you think you already ...
MGM Studios released the first trailer for director Chris Weitz's upcoming historical thriller, Operation Finale, on Tuesday afternoon. In the movie, Oscar Isaac steps into the shoes of Peter Malkin, the late legendary Mossad agent that orchestrated the 1960 capture of Nazi leader Adolf Eichmann in Argentina.
The trailer opens with Ben Kingsley's Eichmann defending his role in the mass murder of Jewish prisoners that took place at concentration camps across Europe during World War II. "You have no interest in what I have to say," he says. "Unless it confirms what you think you already ...
The trailer opens with Ben Kingsley's Eichmann defending his role in the mass murder of Jewish prisoners that took place at concentration camps across Europe during World War II. "You have no interest in what I have to say," he says. "Unless it confirms what you think you already ...
(From L to R) Mélanie Laurent as Hanna Regev, Oscar Isaac as Peter Malkin, Nick Kroll as Rafi Eitan, Michael Aronov as Zvi Aharoni, and Greg Hill as Moshe Tabor in Operation Finale Credit: Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures has released a first trailer for Operation Finale. The film, directed by Chris Weitz, stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Greta Scacchi and Lior Raz.
This thrilling true story follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.
Operation Finale opens in theaters September 14.
Visit the official site: https://operationfinalefilm.com/
Ben Kingsley stars as Adolf Eichmann in Operation Finale, written by Matthew Orton and directed by Chris Weitz, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.
Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures has released a first trailer for Operation Finale. The film, directed by Chris Weitz, stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Greta Scacchi and Lior Raz.
This thrilling true story follows the 1960 covert mission of legendary Mossad agent Peter Malkin as he infiltrates Argentina and captures Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi officer who masterminded the transportation logistics that brought millions of innocent Jews to their deaths in concentration camps.
Operation Finale opens in theaters September 14.
Visit the official site: https://operationfinalefilm.com/
Ben Kingsley stars as Adolf Eichmann in Operation Finale, written by Matthew Orton and directed by Chris Weitz, a Metro Goldwyn Mayer Pictures film.
- 6/5/2018
- by Michelle Hannett
- WeAreMovieGeeks.com
The first trailer for Chris Weitz’s Operation Finale, starring Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley has arrived.
The film is based on the team that hunted down and captured Adolf Eichmann, one of the major architects of the Holocaust. Eichmann organised the transport of Jews from countries all over Europe to concentration camps where millions were murdered. After the war, he fled to his home country of Austria and then moved to Argentina. He was finally brought to Israel on his capture to face crimes against humanity and the Jewish people. He was sentenced to hang and was executed in 1962, unrepentant all the way to the grave.
Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote.
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The film is based on the team that hunted down and captured Adolf Eichmann, one of the major architects of the Holocaust. Eichmann organised the transport of Jews from countries all over Europe to concentration camps where millions were murdered. After the war, he fled to his home country of Austria and then moved to Argentina. He was finally brought to Israel on his capture to face crimes against humanity and the Jewish people. He was sentenced to hang and was executed in 1962, unrepentant all the way to the grave.
Directed by Chris Weitz, the film stars Oscar Isaac, Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote.
Also in trailers – Matthew McConaughey rocks...
- 6/5/2018
- by Zehra Phelan
- HeyUGuys.co.uk
MGM has released the first trailer for “Operation Finale,” a film about the true story about the 1960 mission to capture Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann.
In the trailer, we see Ben Kingsley as Eichmann, the man who came up with the transportation logistics that brought millions of Jews to the concentration camps.
“My job was simple,” says Eichmann. “Save the country I loved from being destroyed.”
Also Read: Oscar Isaac in Final Talks to Star in Nazi Hunting Drama 'Operation Finale'
Oscar Isaac stars as a Mossad spy Peter Malkin, while Melanie Laurent, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Nick Kroll and Lior Raz also star in the historical drama that was directed by Chris Weitz and written by Matthew Orton.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger produce under their Automatik banner alongside Isaac and Inspire Entertainment’s Jason Spire. Matt Charman and Ron Schmidt executive produced.
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In the trailer, we see Ben Kingsley as Eichmann, the man who came up with the transportation logistics that brought millions of Jews to the concentration camps.
“My job was simple,” says Eichmann. “Save the country I loved from being destroyed.”
Also Read: Oscar Isaac in Final Talks to Star in Nazi Hunting Drama 'Operation Finale'
Oscar Isaac stars as a Mossad spy Peter Malkin, while Melanie Laurent, Haley Lu Richardson, Joe Alwyn, Nick Kroll and Lior Raz also star in the historical drama that was directed by Chris Weitz and written by Matthew Orton.
Brian Kavanaugh-Jones and Fred Berger produce under their Automatik banner alongside Isaac and Inspire Entertainment’s Jason Spire. Matt Charman and Ron Schmidt executive produced.
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- 6/5/2018
- by Beatrice Verhoeven
- The Wrap
"If it is him, we need an elite crew." MGM Studios has released the first trailer for Chris Weitz's next new film, titled Operation Finale, a film about Mossad agents in Argentina tracking down Adolf Eichmann, the infamous Nazi architect of the Holocaust. Based on a true story, Oscar Isaac stars as Peter Malkin who heads down to Argentina with a team of secret agents in hopes of finding and capturing Eichmann. The huge ensemble cast for this thriller includes Ben Kingsley, Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi, and Pêpê Rapazote. This looks damn good, the voiceover and the way the score builds is terrific. And it also looks good because Oscar Isaac is always awesome in anything. Here's the first trailer for Chris Weitz's Operation Finale, direct from YouTube: This...
- 6/5/2018
- by Alex Billington
- firstshowing.net
“My job was simple,” says the man heard here in this new trailer for MGM’s Operation Finale. “Save the country I loved from being destroyed.” Self-justifying to the end, that man is Adolf Eichmann, the Nazi logistical mastermind responsible for the deaths of millions of Jews in concentration camps.
Portrayed by Ben Kingsley, Eichmann is seen in flashbacks to World War II and years later in Argentina, where he’s hunted by a team that includes Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac). Operation Finale traces Malkin’s 1960 attempts to deliver Eichmann to the world’s justice.
“If you fail,” Malkin is told, “he escapes justice, perhaps forever. I beg you do not fail.”
The thriller also stars Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote.
Chris Weitz directs from Matthew Orton’s script.
Portrayed by Ben Kingsley, Eichmann is seen in flashbacks to World War II and years later in Argentina, where he’s hunted by a team that includes Mossad agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac). Operation Finale traces Malkin’s 1960 attempts to deliver Eichmann to the world’s justice.
“If you fail,” Malkin is told, “he escapes justice, perhaps forever. I beg you do not fail.”
The thriller also stars Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, Joe Alwyn, Haley Lu Richardson, Michael Aronov, Ohad Knoller, Greg Hill, Torben Liebrecht, Mike Hernandez, Greta Scacchi and Pêpê Rapazote.
Chris Weitz directs from Matthew Orton’s script.
- 6/5/2018
- by Greg Evans
- Deadline Film + TV
Following the release of “Annihilation” earlier this year, Oscar Isaac is set to return to the big screen this September in the historical thriller “Operation Finale.” The drama is the latest from Chris Weitz and is based on the true story of Mossad agent Peter Malkin, who infiltrated Argentina in the 1960s to capture former Nazi officer Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann was infamous for being the mastermind behind the transportation logistics during the Holocaust.
“Operation Finale” stars Isaac in the lead role of Malkin, while Sir Ben Kingsley takes on Eichmann. The supporting cast includes Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, and “Bill Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” breakout Joe Alwyn. The film is notable for being Chris Weitz’s first directorial effort since “A Better Life” in 2011.
MGM will release ” Operation Finale” in theaters September 14. Watch the first trailer below.
“Operation Finale” stars Isaac in the lead role of Malkin, while Sir Ben Kingsley takes on Eichmann. The supporting cast includes Lior Raz, Melanie Laurent, Nick Kroll, and “Bill Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” breakout Joe Alwyn. The film is notable for being Chris Weitz’s first directorial effort since “A Better Life” in 2011.
MGM will release ” Operation Finale” in theaters September 14. Watch the first trailer below.
- 6/5/2018
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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