The Specialist
1999, German. Directed by Eyal Sivan.
Composed exclusively of the footage recorded by Leo Hurwitz during the trial of Adolf Eichmann in Jerusalem in 1961, A Specialist is a courtroom drama painting the portait of a zealous bureaucrat who has immense respect for the Law and hierarchy, a police official responsible for the elimination of several million people, a modern criminal.
- Runtime
- 2h 8m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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- Released
- 31 March 1999
- Original title
- Ein Spezialist
- Country
- Austria, Belgium, France, Germany, Israel
- Written by
- Rony Brauman, Eyal Sivan
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The Specialist runs 128 minutes (2h 8m).
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The Specialist isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 31 March 1999. (Checked 10 November 2026.)
What movies are like The Specialist?
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Who directed The Specialist?
The Specialist (1999) was directed by Eyal Sivan and stars Adolf Eichmann.