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Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires CAPTURING THE DEVIL The real story of the capture of Adolph Eichmann Based on the memoirs of Peter Zvi Malkin A feature film written and directed by Philippe Azoulay PITCH Peter Zvi Malkin, one of the best Israeli agents, is volunteering to be part of the commando set up to capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. As the others, he wants to take revenge for the killing of his family, but the mission is to bring Eichmann alive so that he may be put on trial in Jerusalem. As Peter comes to consider his prisoner an ordinary and banal being he wants to understand the incomprehensible. To do so, he disobeys orders. During the confrontation between the soldier and his prisoner, a strange relationship develops… CAPTURING THE DEVIL HISTORICAL CONTEXT 1945 The Nuremberg trial is intended to clear the way to for the rebuilding of Western Europe Several Nazi hierarchs have managed to hide or escape Europe 1945 Adolph Eichmann who has organized the deportations and killings of millions of people is hiding in Europe. 1950 Eichmann is briefly detained in Germany but escapes to South America thanks to a Red Cross passport. In Europe and in Israel, Jews who survived the camps try to move into a new life. The young state of Israel fights for its survival throughout two wars in 1948 and 1956. The Nazi hunt is considered a “private“ matter. 1957 the Bavarian General Attorney Fritz Bauer, who has engaged into a second denazification of Germany’s elite, gets confirmation that Eichmann may be located in Argentina. He shares the information with the Israeli PM Ben Gourion and Isser Harel, the Head of State Security. Ben Gourion now sees the arrest of Eichmann as a “political” act. He asks Isser Harel to put a team to bring him to trial in Jerusalem. CAPTURING THE DEVIL AN EMBLEMATIC STORY • Eichmann has become one of the symbols of the monstrosity of the Nazi regime His trial has been a turning point in the understanding of the Shoah • There have been several accounts of Eichmann’s story: OPERATION EICHMANN (1961) by R.G. Springsteen THE HOUSE ON GARIBALDI STREET (1979) by Peter Collinson THE MAN WHO CAPTURED EICHMANN (1996) by William Graham THE SPECIALIST: PORTAIT OF A MODERN CRIMINAL (1999) by Eyal Sivan • Though a popular story, it has never been properly told from the point of view of the man who captured Eichmann, Peter Zvi Malkin. • Malkin’s family has empowered us to tell the story from Malkin’s point of view. We will be revealing operational details, never disclosed before. Rafi Eitan, the head of the commando has approved our script • “Capturing the Devil” will draw us into Malkin’s quest of meaning, the audience will share the dilemma that enveloped him and the members of the task force : Vengeance or Justice. A NECESSARY STORY With the rise of extremist movements in Europe and around the world and the necessity to educate younger generations, we believe that it is time to tell this story, which has never been properly told. Capturing the Devil is a spy thriller in the vein of “Argo” but it is also a fantastic testimony about human nature as was “Death and the Maiden” CAPTURING THE DEVIL THE DIRECTOR PHILIPPE AZOULAY SELECTIVE FILMOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES Shoot to Live Produced by Az you like films / Films 13. a feature doc exploring the intimate and creative journey of French helmer Claude Lelouch The Encounter 3 x 60 mn, documentary special. Produced by Fidélité Films and Haut et Court. Louis de Funès,The Human Comedy 82 mn documentary. Produced by Rosebud Productions, Studio Canal, France 3. The Photographic Adventure 10 x 26 mn. The history of photography produced by Rosebud Productions and Teleimages. Limelight 45 x 60mn, documentary Series, Produced by Rosebud Productions, Studio Canal, Canal Plus, France 3. Broadcasted on France 3, Ciné-Cinéma, ARTV, edited by Studio Canal Vidéo. Special award for cultural and quality by French Senate. Alert in Antarctica 52 mn. Exploration documentary produced by Rosebud Productions and Paris Match SHORT FILM The Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome With Gilles Veber, Gilles Lébovici and Vincent Cassel. Produced by Rosebud Productions. Distributed by Pathé. Selected in various festivals. Won various awards. DIRECTOR’S VISION The camera and sound team will bring us to adopt Malkin’s point of view throughout the film: • For the first part of the story – the capture – a hand held camera, close to the action, conveying the danger and the confusion involved in the mission. • In Eichmann’s bedroom/cell, locked-up, time comes to a stop. As psychological confrontation begins, the camera steadies itself and the rhythm becomes slower but more intense. The sound work will stress this feeling of isolation and Malkin’s drawings will add an intimate, poetic touch. • Exteriors will be shot on location in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. • Actors will speak the languages spoken by the real protagonists: hebrew, english, spanish, german, yiddish Our film is about realism and integrity … so that we will sense the overbearing danger surrounding the characters, and their inner struggles. CAPTURING THE DEVIL VISUAL IDENTITY CAPTURING THE DEVIL VISUAL IDENTITY CAPTURING THE DEVIL VISUAL IDENTITY CAPTURING THE DEVIL VISUAL IDENTITY CAPTURING THE DEVIL THE CAST KARL MARKOVICS OZ ZEHAVI AS ADOLPH EICHMANN AS PETER MALKIN 2014- The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson 2016- The Wedding Plan by Rama Burshtein 2012 - Die Vermessung der Welt by Detlev Buck 2012 –Yossi by Eytan Fox 2011 – Unknown by Jaume Collet-Serra 2010 – Miral by Julian Schnabel 2007 – The Counterfeiters by Stefan Ruzowitzky 2010 – Hitganvut Yehidim by Dover Koshashvili MARK IVANIR 2016 – Homeland (series) created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon 2006 – The Good Shepherd by Robert De Niro 2005- Mr. and Mrs. Smith by Doug Liman 1993- Schindler‘s List by Steven Spielberg CAPTURING THE DEVIL AS ISSER HAREL THE CAST (continued) LIOR ASHKENAZI DANIELLE BRÜHL AS DUBY AS HERZOG 2016 – Norman by Joseph Cedar 2016 –Seul dans Berlin by Vincent Perez 2013 – Big Bad Wolves by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado 2015 – The Colony by Florian Gallenberger 2011 –Footnote by Joseph Cedar 2013 –Rush by Ron Howard 2004 –Walk on Water by Eytan Fox 2009 – Inglourius Basterds by Quentin Tarantino 2003 – Goodbye Lenin by Wolfgang Becker CAPTURING THE DEVIL THE CAST (continued) ADAM TSEKMANN MICHAEL MOSHONOV AS YITZHAK AS RAFI 2015 – Let’s Rap by Neil Huber 2016- Junction 48 by Udi Aloni 2014 – Tsili by Amos Gitaï 2009- Lebanon by Samuel Maoz 2007 – The Spirit by Jospeh Fiennes 2007- Tehilim by Raphaël Nadjari ALEJANDRO AWADA MAIA MORGENSTERN AS ORTEGA AS MALKIN’S MOTHER 2005 – The Aura by Fabián Bielinsky 2013 – Carmen by Doru Nitescu 2012 - Gone Fishing by Carlos Sorin 2010 - Eva by Adrian Popovici CAPTURING THE DEVIL AN AMAZING CREW DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY EDITOR FELIX MONTI JULIETTE WELFING The secret in their eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) by Juan José A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, Campanella •César Best Editing * Oscar Winner Best Foreign Film 2009 Hunger Games by Gary Ross Sangre de mayo by José Luis Garci * Best Cinematography Award Spain 2008 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel, •César Best Editing, Oscar Nomination Best Editing 2008 PRODUCTION DESIGNER FIRST ASSISTANT JEAN-VINCENT PUZOS MICHAEL PIERRARD Amour by Michael Haneke Un + une by Claude Lelouch Lord of War by Andrew Niccol Le Concert by Radu Mihaileanu L’enfer by Danis Tanovic CAPTURING THE DEVIL SHOOTING ON LOCATION SHOOTING ON LOCATION SHOOTING ON LOCATION 2 WEEK STUDIO SHOOT SHOOTING IN STUDIO (SAFE HOUSE / DETENTION ROOM) SHOOTING THE PLANE MARKET POSITIONING A SPY STORY ARGO TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY THE DEBT BOX OFFICE USA $136,024,128 BOX OFFICE USA $24,149,393 BOX OFFICE USA $31,177,548 BOX OFFICE FRANCE € 9,111,343 BOX OFFICE FRANCE € 5,006,445 BOX OFFICE FRANCE € 1,152,807 BOX OFFICE GERMANY € 1,309,914 BOX OFFICE GERMANY € 2,940,785 BOX OFFICE GERMANY € 734,484 CAPTURING THE DEVIL MARKET POSITIONING A HUMAN STORY DEATH AND THE MAIDEN HANNAH ARENDT THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER BOX OFFICE USA $3,103,716 BOX OFFICE USA $717,205 BOX OFFICE USA $300,000 BOX OFFICE FRANCE € 1,204,617 BOX OFFICE FRANCE € 600,000 BOX OFFICE GERMANY € 3,565,865 BOX OFFICE GERMANY € 1,680,000 CAPTURING THE DEVIL MARKETING STRATEGY The first official Israeli-Argentinean Coproduction with the support of some of the best companies in Europe and Israel MARKETING STRATEGY PARTICIPATION OF LIVING PROTAGONISTS AND NGO Rafi Eitan head of operations of Shin bet (Israeli FBI) in 1960 and Director of the commando which has captured Adolf Eichmann. Ricardo Francisco Eichmann is Aldolf Eichmann and Veronika Liebl’s fourth son. Ricardo Eichmann (born in November 2, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was 6 when his father was sent to trial. Since 1984 he is Doctor in German Egyptology at the Heidelberg University. He is a Member of the German Archaeology Institute. Support from The Shoah Foundation exhibition: Exhibition of the operation archives to accompany the film with the support of Jewish Foundations CAPTURING THE DEVIL MARKETING STRATEGY Clown on a map Führer in Glory EXHIBITION OF PETER MALKIN’S ARTISTIC WORKS & DRAWINGS Eichmann Long Arm FINANCING STRATEGY EUROPEAN QUALIFYING FILM/COPRO WITH SOUTH AMERICA & ISRAEL ISRAEL EUROPE SOUTH AMERICA - LAMA FILMS - ARSAM INTERNATIONAL - COSTA FILMS - Keshet Television - Sophie Dulac Distribution - Equity - United King Distribution - Canal + - France TV - INCAA - GARNET MEDIA GROUP - South American Pre-sale - Ukrainian State Film Agency - 5 Day Shoot - 2 Week Studio Shoot - 4 Week Shoot ISRAELI VALIDATION PRODUCTION AND LOCATIONS POST-PRODUCTION TEAM CAPTURING THE DEVIL PRODUCTION TEAM ARSAM INTERNATIONAL OUR APPROACH : INTERNATIONAL, HIGH END, LONG TERM VALUE PRODUCTION TEAM GARNET MEDIA GROUP Thank you ARSAM INTERNATIONAL ILANN GIRARD T.
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