Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis

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Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis

2009

2h 9m

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Extremists murder a Budapest lawyer who negotiated with the Nazis to save the lives of more than 1,600 Jews during World War II.

Ed Koch

The Atlantic

01/17/2018

Killing Kasztner will cause you to weep, even without displaying heartrending concentration camps scenes.

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Moira MacDonald

Seattle Times

07/15/2010

3/4

Did he truly sell his soul, or was he just, as a family member says in the film, the wrong kind of hero? The film fascinates even as the man himself remains elusive.

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Kimberley Jones

Austin Chronicle

05/07/2010

2/5

There are deeply complex issues afoot here -- most especially the question of how a country and a people decides who will be its heroes -- and this amateurish film, with its tabloid-TV zooms and hokey visual metaphors, simply isn't up to such complexity.

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Laura Hiros

Rincón de cine

03/21/2018

3/5

An impressive documentary, full of intrigue, heroism and of course a halo of mystery that only true stories can offer. [Full review in Spanish]

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Clint O'Connor

Cleveland Plain Dealer

04/27/2010

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Gaylen Ross's excellent documentary explores how a forgotten hero of the Holocaust became a political target in Israel.

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03/10/2013

Excellent documentary that meticulously tells the story of the largely unknown WWII personality Rudolf Kastner. It's shocking to me that with the success of "Scheindler's List" that Kastner's story hasn't received more attention. In many ways I think the Kastner "drama" is far more interesting and just as significant. What makes this piece so unique is how the director makes extensive use of Kastner's killer. I can't recall another documentary where an assassin (who isn't clinically insane in some way) has "positively" participated in the telling of their crimes. The scenes of this man meeting his victim's daughter near the end of the film are riveting. Informative, dramatic, and important...you won't be dissatisfied with this outstanding documentary.

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03/29/2009

The story of Dr. RezsÅ Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who negotiated with Adolf Eichmann for the lives of thousands during the Holocaust. And a tragic trial and verdict that stamped him as the "man who sold his soul to the devil."

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Synopsis

Extremists murder a Budapest lawyer who negotiated with the Nazis to save the lives of more than 1,600 Jews during World War II.

Director: Gaylen Ross
Producer: Andy Cohen, Anne Feinsilber
Screenwriter: Gaylen Ross, Andy Cohen
Distributor: Sky Island Films
Production Co: GR Films
Genre: Documentary
Original Language: English
Release Date (Theaters): Oct 23, 2009, Limited
Release Date (Streaming): Oct 29, 2017
Box Office (Gross USA): $112.3K
Runtime: 2h 9m