House on Garibaldi Street

***one small spoiler*** House on Garibaldi street has the vintage look and feel of a made for TV movie of that era. Having said that, the film is respectful to the subject matter and features many stars of that era in roles they took very seriously. The acting is well done, but certainly not Oscar-worthy, the locations are very true to the source, and the events depicted add significant drama over the book the film is based on. One small gripe I have about the film, however, is that in one scene they show a paddle tennis match...the events of the film took place almost 10 years before paddle tennis was invented.

A few years ago they made another film for TNT called The Man Who Captured Eichmann where Robert Duvall played the man who said "I will leap into my grave laughing with the knowledge that I sent six million people to their deaths". This version is good as well. Martin Balsam gives a great performance as the head of the team, determined to bring this monster to justice. Topol gives another great performance as an agent who saw his little brother murdered at Auschwitz before his eyes. The best scene is the scene where he interrogates Eichmann and asks him if he ever tried to save anyone. The actor who played Eichmann also did a great job. He is so nerdy and unassuming that you can't believe the monsterous things he did. It shows evil can come in all forms.