Filmworld
US company acquires Indian co-production 'The Eichmann Show'
Mumbai, Feb 9
British film “The Eichmann Show†has been acquired by the Weinstein Company for the US.
Co-produced
by India’s Sheetal Talwar with BBC and Laurence Bowen and Ken Marshall
of Feelgood fiction from Britain, the film, directed by Paul Andrew
Williams, recounts the global transmission of the trial of Adolf
Eichmann, one of the chief Nazi architects of the Holocaust. It was
broadcast to over 37 countries.
“We are extremely thrilled to
have someone like the Weinstein’s who understand quality cinema on
board. It only bolsters our faith that good cinema will always find good
partners,†Talwar, managing director, Vistaar Film Fund, said in a
statement.
The movie stars Martin Freeman of “Sherlock†fame.
“The
extraordinary story of how the Eichmann trial came to be televised and
shown around the world has never been told. By allowing Holocaust
survivors to share their stories with a huge viewing audience, it
unblocked whole strata of shame and denial. It literally changed
history,†Bowen said.