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Indian producer ties up with BBC to make film on Eichmann trials

By Subhash K Jha
September 16, 2014 11:27 IST
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Sheetal TalwarProducer Sheetal Talwar, who has made films like Mausam, Rakhta Charitra and Rann, has tied up with the BBC to co-produce a film on the notorious Eichmann trials.

Entitled The Eichmann Show, the film will be directed by BAFTA nominee Peter Andrew Williams, acclaimed writer-director on film and television.

The Eichmaan trials chronicled on live television the Nazi war crimes of Otto Adolf Eichmann. This was the first ever trial as a reality show on television.

Talwar says the film version of the trials will be a never-before cinematic experience.

"The Eichmann Show is based on the Eichmann trials. It is a film on the court trials that were telecast on TV, making it the world's first reality show.  The film is being produced by two BAFTA nominee producers, a BAFTA nominee director, BBC and me.”

The film shall be shot in UK, Lithuania and Malta.

"After I produced Pankaj Kapur's directorial debut Mausam, my production company has been focusing on script development and putting a slate together. This includes Veda, Rajiv Gandhi, Guru Dutt and now Eichmann. This is the first time that an Indian producer is co-producing with BBC."

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