29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Eyal Sivan: The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal

Eyal Sivan: The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal

Eyal Sivan / France / 1999 / 128 min.


synopsis

The Israeli-born, French-based filmmaker Eyal Sivan will hold a master class dedicated to documentary filmmaking as a means of expressing critical dialogue, political consciousness and history (re)vision in the frame of the Israeli-Palestinian relations. The master class will be preceded by the screening of The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal – a unique courtroom drama recorded during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, in 1961, in Jerusalem. The film about obedience and responsibility is a portrait of an expert in problems resolving and a modern criminal.

more about film

director: Eyal Sivan

Film at festival

festival edition:2013
section:Masterclass
format:35 mm
language:German, Hebrew
subtitles:English

Info

director:Eyal Sivan
original title:Eyal Sivan: The Specialist, Portrait of a Modern Criminal
country:France
year:1999
running time:128 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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