"Operation Finale" Israeli Capture of Adolph Eichmann in Argentina (1960) Stars Oscar Isaac and Ben Kingsley

"Operation Finale" is an intense and chilling film about the capture of Adolph Eichmann (Ben Kingsley) by the Israeli Mossad led by Peter Malkin (Oscar Isaac).  The well orchestrated abduction of Nazi Leader Adolf Eichmann living under cover in Argentina by the Israelis to make him stand trial for genocide in Israel was a remarkable & perilous operation.  American film director Chris Weitz whose previous films include "American Pie" and "Cinderella" takes a potent & poignant historic crime thriller, a factual event of omnipotence significance very seriously.  "Operation Finale" works as a captivating manhunt and serves as a respectful homage to the millions murdered in the Holocaust.  Both Isaac portraying Malkin who led the team who seized Eichmann, portrayed by Kingsley are extraordinary.  Both give tour-de-force compelling performances.  They're both cunning & manipulative as captor & captive.   The other members of the cast who portray Mossad operatives are equally gripping making the weeks long mission & hostage stand-off suspenseful and credible.  By 1960, the Nuremberg Trials in Germany involving the US, French and Soviet Military tribunals were settled 14 years prior.  Twenty-four Nazi officials were tried and found guilty, twelve were sentenced to death by hanging.   "The Nuremberg trails of Nazi leaders, in open court by an int'l tribunal had left a profound long-term effect in bringing Germans back to democracy and humanity" (Journalist Anthony Lewis).  But, the horrors and scars left on survivors was beginning to fade for the  greater part of the world.  Attorney Deborah Lipstadt who won her legal battle against an infamous Holocaust denier in the UK speaks to the irrefutable significance of trying Eichmann in the Israeli Courts.  "The judges' primary objective was to conduct a scrupulously fair legal proceeding that would win the respect of the world. {Israeli Jurist & polititian} Hausner's  goal was to tell the story of the Holocaust in all its detail and in so doing, to capture the imagination not just of Israel's youth and world Jews, but of the entire world."  "Operation Finale" is one finer films that pays tribute to the most barbaric & heinous event of the 20th C.  It's engrossing but stays focused as a reminder to question where humanity draws the line for that which cannot be tolerated.   Eichmann's trial is not covered in great detail at the end of the film.  However, it's important to know what he at his trial.  "I must say I regret nothing.  It was actually an achievement that was never matched before or since."