I am amazed that none of the reviews of this movie on IMDb mention that this film
as written by Robert Shaw
is a ro·man à clef (look it up if you do not know)
for the trial of Adolf Eichmann. Eichmann was arrested in 1960 by the Masada and taken to Israel for trial. He was in fact was the "Man in the Glass Booth".
Yes Maximillian Schell was off the charts in this performance but the greatest facet to the film is that it replays Eichmann's trial. Eichmann was amazing in his conviction that all of the Final Solution was logical and justified and pedestrian and we should all see this for what it is worth.
Yes I was totally annoyed by the Arthur Goldman character in the first half of the film but I was mesmerized by the way this film played out. Schell should have beat Nicholson for the academy award! He is a massively underrated actor (see him in Judgement in Nuremberg and you will agree).
Yes Maximillian Schell was off the charts in this performance but the greatest facet to the film is that it replays Eichmann's trial. Eichmann was amazing in his conviction that all of the Final Solution was logical and justified and pedestrian and we should all see this for what it is worth.
Yes I was totally annoyed by the Arthur Goldman character in the first half of the film but I was mesmerized by the way this film played out. Schell should have beat Nicholson for the academy award! He is a massively underrated actor (see him in Judgement in Nuremberg and you will agree).