A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.A team of secret agents sets out to track down the Nazi officer who masterminded the Holocaust.
- Awards
- 2 nominations
Rocío Muñoz
- Graciela
- (as Rocio Muñoz)
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Did you know
- TriviaAdolf Eichmann was not particularly well-known as a Nazi outside of Germany until his escape from capture after the war. Prior to Eichmann's capture and trial which brought focus to his responsibility in transporting victims to the camps, the man most associated with being "architect of the Final Solution" was Reinhard Heydrich, who was assassinated during the war.
- GoofsIn the beginning of the movie, a Hebrew book is being read. The person is scanning the pages left to right. However, unlike English, Hebrew is read right to left.
- Quotes
Adolph Eichmann: You have no interest in what I have to say. Unless it confirms what you think you already know.
- ConnectionsFeatured in WatchMojo: Top 10 Failed Oscar Bait Movies of 2018 (2019)
- SoundtracksIhr Kinderlein Kommet
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Performed by Wiener Sängerknaben (as The Vienna Boys Choir)
Conducted by Peter Marshik
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Featured review
"The banality of evil" ... Hannah Arendt
The abduction of Adolph Eichmann in May 1960 Argentina is the stuff of thrillers, in the spirit of true-inspired films like Munich and Inglorious Basterds. What makes Operation Finale unique and watchable is the acting of Oscar Isaac as the primary captor, Peter Malkin, and Ben Kingsley as "the architect of the Holocaust." When the two are together, the screen heats up with truth and passion in a muted, underplayed power.
In an expert summer thriller directed by Chris Weitz and written by Matthew Orton, Isaac portrays a Nazi hunter along with Mossad operatives charged to perform the abduction; he carries a burden of memory for his sister lost with millions of other captured Jews. His portrayal is humane, sympathetic, and vengeful. Kingsley portrays a charming monster capable of civility and reason as he spars with Isaac about responsibility when like so many other Nazis he claims to have been taking orders.
Kingsley's Eichmann has minor mannerisms revealing a fastidious killer who can evidence love for his family although he eliminated millions with the nod of his head. His joke about Goebbels, Goring, and Hitler humanizes him, no doubt to the chagrin to more than a few in the audience.
Ever controlled, he converses with Peter as a caring neighbor might under better circumstances. Kingsley exudes the confidence and malignity necessary to be the architect.
Although I suspect the barely escaping plane at the end is as contrived as the airport race at the end of Munich, the heart of this true story is the dilemma all principals face when bringing justice to a wretch who deserves a bullet between the eyes before the long trial begins. Peter struggles with that demon as anyone would do.
Operation Finale, perhaps too seriously traditional, is another of the docudramas that draw us in even as we know the outcome. That's entertaining story telling about grim history. "The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed." Stephen Ambrose
In an expert summer thriller directed by Chris Weitz and written by Matthew Orton, Isaac portrays a Nazi hunter along with Mossad operatives charged to perform the abduction; he carries a burden of memory for his sister lost with millions of other captured Jews. His portrayal is humane, sympathetic, and vengeful. Kingsley portrays a charming monster capable of civility and reason as he spars with Isaac about responsibility when like so many other Nazis he claims to have been taking orders.
Kingsley's Eichmann has minor mannerisms revealing a fastidious killer who can evidence love for his family although he eliminated millions with the nod of his head. His joke about Goebbels, Goring, and Hitler humanizes him, no doubt to the chagrin to more than a few in the audience.
Ever controlled, he converses with Peter as a caring neighbor might under better circumstances. Kingsley exudes the confidence and malignity necessary to be the architect.
Although I suspect the barely escaping plane at the end is as contrived as the airport race at the end of Munich, the heart of this true story is the dilemma all principals face when bringing justice to a wretch who deserves a bullet between the eyes before the long trial begins. Peter struggles with that demon as anyone would do.
Operation Finale, perhaps too seriously traditional, is another of the docudramas that draw us in even as we know the outcome. That's entertaining story telling about grim history. "The Holocaust was the most evil crime ever committed." Stephen Ambrose
- JohnDeSando
- Aug 29, 2018
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- Also known as
- Chiến Dịch Cuối
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Box office
- Budget
- $24,000,000 (estimated)
- Gross US & Canada
- $17,612,099
- Opening weekend US & Canada
- $6,022,758
- Sep 2, 2018
- Gross worldwide
- $17,612,099
- Runtime2 hours 2 minutes
- Color
- Aspect ratio
- 1.85 : 1
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