Bringing a Nazi War Criminal to Justice
“Operation Finale” is a tense drama about the logistical problems of Israel’s plan to kidnap Adolf Eichmann—Germany’s “architect of the Final Solution” to rid Germany of Jews and other “enemies of the Reich” by mass shooting or poisoning, burial or incineration. It is 1960, 15 years after the end of World War II, when Israel’s elite force, the Mossad, gets a tip that Argentina is sheltering Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) under an assumed name. Since Argentina will not extradite him, they set up an elaborate plan to extract him and put him on trial in Israel so his crimes against humanity can be revealed to the world.<br /><br />German-born Israeli Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) is put in charge of the mission. He is haunted by his dead sister, murdered by the Nazis. A 1954 attempt to capture a man believed to be Eichmann went bad, so he is determined to proceed carefully. To succeed, the team needs his ex-girlfriend Hanna (Melanie Laurent), a doctor who inadvertently caused the death of the Mossad’s previous Nazi target. Malkin convinces her to join his team.<br /><br />Malkin and team fly into Argentina from different locations with forged passports, reassemble at a safe house, and begin secret surveillance of the alleged Eichmann’s home. Though the team goes about planning methodically, they encounter unexpected obstacles — a hot-headed team member who would prefer to kill Eichmann, fascist-friendly Argentine authorities out looking for the missing man, and a flight delay out of the country.<br /><br />Though the movie begins as a procedural about the step-by-step details of the Mossad mission, it evolves into a gripping one-on-one psychological volley between Malkin and Eichmann. Malkin feels that playing to the man’s arrogance and trying to reach him on a human level is the key to getting him to sign a statement that he is willingly leaving the country. Without that signed assurance, an El Al plane will not take him. More impatient members of the team favor beating him into compliance but Malkin insists that only persuasion will work. This creates dissension among team members but ultimately they agree to let Malkin try it his way. It’s a cat-and-mouse game in which Malkin must repress his hatred, speak calmly, and share personal information to persuade the war criminal.<br /><br />Director Chris Weitz limits the film to the capture and detainment of Eichmann in Argentina. His trial is shown as aftermath in a montage with brief black and white footage of Nazi atrocities. On-screen notes tell us what happened to Eichmann after the trial.<br /><br />Rather than paint Eichmann as pure evil, Weitz show his human side, certainly a controversial approach. We see Eichmann as a family man with a young son, going to work as a factory foreman every day — an anonymous person going about a mundane, unimpressive life. When he’s confined and alone with Malkin, we see his canny manner of trying to set the terms of his own confinement, and this is what Malkin plays on. Like a game of chess between two masters, Malkin anticipates his adversary’s moves, pretends to be won over, then counters.<br /><br />Kingsley has played many a villain in movies, but he’s particularly chilling as Eichmann. Older, looking vulnerable tied and blindfolded, and calmly diminishing his role in the Holocaust, his Eichmann is the face of evil. In contrast, Issac’s Malkin reacts without visible emotion, though we can see he is appalled. He’d love to lash out physically, but in his opinion that would compromise the mission.<br /><br />Rated PG-13, “Operation Finale” is the kind of movie that Hollywood turned out regularly as recently as the 1970s but which has become scarcer in these days. We become invested not only in the characters but also in the narrative. Because it’s based on a true story, the viewer knows how things will turn out, but the appeal is in the details and the mounting suspense.<br /><br />Hannah Arendt, a Jew who fled Germany during Hitler’s rise to power, reported on Eichmann’s trial for The New Yorker, coining the phrase “banality of evil.” Director Weitz and Kingsley have portrayed Eichmann that way, making him look like the antithesis of one capable of such incomprehensible acts.<br /><br />Bonus materials on the 2-disc Blu-ray/DVD Combo Pack include a making-of featurette and audio commentary. A di
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Operation Finale follows the thrilling true story of the secret mission led by Israeli intelligence agent Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac) to infiltrate Argentina and capture Adolf Eichmann (Ben Kingsley), the Nazi officer who masterminded the plans that sent millions of innocent Jews to their deaths during World War II, and bring him to justice.Bonus Content:.