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Killing Kasztner
July 16-22
Friday-Sunday at 7:15, 9:30pm
Monday-Thursday at 7:15, 9:15pm
Director in attendance opening weekend - please contact ryan @ nwfilmforum . org with interview requests
(Gaylen Ross, USA, 2008, DVCAM, 120 min)
One of the most provocative and acclaimed documentaries in recent memory, this is the shocking tale of Rudolf Kasztner, the Jewish-Hungarian journalist and lawyer who single-handedly negotiated with Eichmann to save 1,600 Hungarian Jews in 1944. But twelve years later, having been accused in an Israeli courtroom of selling his soul to the devil, he was assassinated in broad daylight. Killing Kasztner is a deep investigation into the thorny definition of heroism, the intricacies of Israeli politics and the complexities of Jewish identity.
Winner, Audience Award, Boston Jewish Film Festival.
Credit: Kasztner survivors Switzerland (courtesy Irene Grossman)
Rezso Kasztner in radio recording studio, Israel (courtesy Kasztner family)
