Killing Kasztner: The Jew Who Dealt With Nazis

About The Film

The culmination of eight years of comprehensive research, KILLING KASZTNER investigates the divisive case of Rezsö Kasztner, a Hungarian Jew who was at once both vilified and extolled for negotiating with high-ranking Nazi officials to save the lives of thousands of his fellow Jews. In face-to-face negotiations with the architect of the Final Solution, Adolf Eichmann, Kasztner personally bargained and bribed his way to the largest rescue of its kind during the Holocaust. After the war, his seemingly extraordinary feat was seen as an act of betrayal, and Kasztner was assassinated in 1957 by Jewish right-wing extremists after an Israeli court accused him of having collaborated with the Nazis.  Through eyewitness accounts of the inflammatory political trial, and a chilling exclusive interview with Kasztner's killer, audiences finally can decipher the legacy of this largely overlooked figure.