CAPTURING THE DEVIL. The real story of the capture of Adolph Eichmann Based on the memoirs of Peter Zvi Malkin

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1 The real story of the capture of Adolph Eichmann Based on the memoirs of Peter Zvi Malkin A feature film written and directed by Philippe Azoulay

2 PITCH Peter Zvi Malkin, one of the best Israeli agents, is volunteering to be part of the commando set up to capture Adolf Eichmann in Buenos Aires. As the others, he wants to take revenge for the killing of his family, but the mission is to bring Eichmann alive so that he may be put on trial in Jerusalem. As Peter comes to consider his prisoner an ordinary and banal being he wants to understand the incomprehensible. To do so, he disobeys orders. During the confrontation between the soldier and his prisoner, a strange relationship develops

3 HISTORICAL CONTEXT 1945 The Nuremberg trial is intended to clear the way to for the rebuilding of Western Europe Several Nazi hierarchs have managed to hide or escape Europe 1945 Adolph Eichmann who has organized the deportations and killings of millions of people is hiding in Europe Eichmann is briefly detained in Germany but escapes to South America thanks to a Red Cross passport. In Europe and in Israel, Jews who survived the camps try to move into a new life. The young state of Israel fights for its survival throughout two wars in 1948 and The Nazi hunt is considered a private matter the Bavarian General Attorney Fritz Bauer, who has engaged into a second denazification of Germany s elite, gets confirmation that Eichmann may be located in Argentina. He shares the information with the Israeli PM Ben Gourion and Isser Harel, the Head of State Security. Ben Gourion now sees the arrest of Eichmann as a political act. He asks Isser Harel to put a team to bring him to trial in Jerusalem.

4 AN EMBLEMATIC STORY Eichmann has become one of the symbols of the monstrosity of the Nazi regime His trial has been a turning point in the understanding of the Shoah There have been several accounts of Eichmann s story: OPERATION EICHMANN (1961) by R.G. Springsteen THE HOUSE ON GARIBALDI STREET (1979) by Peter Collinson THE MAN WHO CAPTURED EICHMANN (1996) by William Graham THE SPECIALIST: PORTAIT OF A MODERN CRIMINAL (1999) by Eyal Sivan Though a popular story, it has never been properly told from the point of view of the man who captured Eichmann, Peter Zvi Malkin. Malkin s family has empowered us to tell the story from Malkin s point of view. We will be revealing operational details, never disclosed before. Rafi Eitan, the head of the commando has approved our script Capturing the Devil will draw us into Malkin s quest of meaning, the audience will share the dilemma that enveloped him and the members of the task force : Vengeance or Justice.

5 A NECESSARY STORY With the rise of extremist movements in Europe and around the world and the necessity to educate younger generations, we believe that it is time to tell this story, which has never been properly told. Capturing the Devil is a spy thriller in the vein of Argo but it is also a fantastic testimony about human nature as was Death and the Maiden

6 THE DIRECTOR PHILIPPE AZOULAY SELECTIVE FILMOGRAPHY DOCUMENTARIES Shoot to Live Produced by Az you like films / Films 13. a feature doc exploring the intimate and creative journey of French helmer Claude Lelouch The Encounter 3 x 60 mn, documentary special. Produced by Fidélité Films and Haut et Court. Louis de Funès,The Human Comedy 82 mn documentary. Produced by Rosebud Productions, Studio Canal, France 3. The Photographic Adventure 10 x 26 mn. The history of photography produced by Rosebud Productions and Teleimages. Limelight 45 x 60mn, documentary Series, Produced by Rosebud Productions, Studio Canal, Canal Plus, France 3. Broadcasted on France 3, Ciné-Cinéma, ARTV, edited by Studio Canal Vidéo. Special award for cultural and quality by French Senate. Alert in Antarctica 52 mn. Exploration documentary produced by Rosebud Productions and Paris Match SHORT FILM The Gilles de la Tourette Syndrome With Gilles Veber, Gilles Lébovici and Vincent Cassel. Produced by Rosebud Productions. Distributed by Pathé. Selected in various festivals. Won various awards.

7 DIRECTOR S VISION The camera and sound team will bring us to adopt Malkin s point of view throughout the film: For the first part of the story the capture a hand held camera, close to the action, conveying the danger and the confusion involved in the mission. In Eichmann s bedroom/cell, locked-up, time comes to a stop. As psychological confrontation begins, the camera steadies itself and the rhythm becomes slower but more intense. The sound work will stress this feeling of isolation and Malkin s drawings will add an intimate, poetic touch. Exteriors will be shot on location in Buenos Aires and Montevideo. Actors will speak the languages spoken by the real protagonists: hebrew, english, spanish, german, yiddish Our film is about realism and integrity so that we will sense the overbearing danger surrounding the characters, and their inner struggles.

8 VISUAL IDENTITY

9 VISUAL IDENTITY

10 VISUAL IDENTITY

11 VISUAL IDENTITY

12 THE CAST KARL MARKOVICS OZ ZEHAVI AS ADOLPH EICHMANN The Grand Budapest Hotel by Wes Anderson Die Vermessung der Welt by Detlev Buck 2011 Unknown by Jaume Collet-Serra 2007 The Counterfeiters by Stefan Ruzowitzky AS PETER MALKIN The Wedding Plan by Rama Burshtein 2012 Yossi by Eytan Fox 2010 Miral by Julian Schnabel 2010 Hitganvut Yehidim by Dover Koshashvili MARK IVANIR 2016 Homeland (series) created by Alex Gansa and Howard Gordon 2006 The Good Shepherd by Robert De Niro Mr. and Mrs. Smith by Doug Liman Schindler s List by Steven Spielberg AS ISSER HAREL

13 THE CAST (continued) LIOR ASHKENAZI DANIELLE BRÜHL AS DUBY 2016 Norman by Joseph Cedar 2013 Big Bad Wolves by Aharon Keshales, Navot Papushado 2011 Footnote by Joseph Cedar 2004 Walk on Water by Eytan Fox AS HERZOG 2016 Seul dans Berlin by Vincent Perez 2015 The Colony by Florian Gallenberger 2013 Rush by Ron Howard 2009 Inglourius Basterds by Quentin Tarantino 2003 Goodbye Lenin by Wolfgang Becker

14 THE CAST (continued) ADAM TSEKMANN MICHAEL MOSHONOV 2015 Let s Rap by Neil Huber 2014 Tsili by Amos Gitaï 2007 The Spirit by Jospeh Fiennes AS YITZHAK Junction 48 by Udi Aloni Lebanon by Samuel Maoz Tehilim by Raphaël Nadjari AS RAFI ALEJANDRO AWADA MAIA MORGENSTERN AS ORTEGA AS MALKIN S MOTHER 2005 The Aura by Fabián Bielinsky Gone Fishing by Carlos Sorin 2013 Carmen by Doru Nitescu Eva by Adrian Popovici

15 AN AMAZING CREW DIRECTOR OF PHOTOGRAPHY FELIX MONTI The secret in their eyes (El Secreto de Sus Ojos) by Juan José Campanella * Oscar Winner Best Foreign Film 2009 Sangre de mayo by José Luis Garci * Best Cinematography Award Spain 2008 PRODUCTION DESIGNER JEAN-VINCENT PUZOS Amour by Michael Haneke Lord of War by Andrew Niccol EDITOR JULIETTE WELFING A Prophet by Jacques Audiard, César Best Editing Hunger Games by Gary Ross The Diving Bell and the Butterfly by Julian Schnabel, César Best Editing, Oscar Nomination Best Editing 2008 FIRST ASSISTANT MICHAEL PIERRARD Un + une by Claude Lelouch Le Concert by Radu Mihaileanu L enfer by Danis Tanovic

16 SHOOTING ON LOCATION

17 SHOOTING ON LOCATION

18 SHOOTING ON LOCATION

19 SHOOTING IN STUDIO 2 WEEK STUDIO SHOOT (SAFE HOUSE / DETENTION ROOM)

20 SHOOTING THE PLANE

21 MARKET POSITIONING A SPY STORY ARGO TINKER TAILOR SOLDIER SPY THE DEBT BOX OFFICE USA $136,024,128 BOX OFFICE USA $24,149,393 BOX OFFICE USA $31,177,548 BOX OFFICE FRANCE 9,111,343 BOX OFFICE GERMANY 1,309,914 BOX OFFICE FRANCE 5,006,445 BOX OFFICE GERMANY 2,940,785 BOX OFFICE FRANCE 1,152,807 BOX OFFICE GERMANY 734,484

22 MARKET POSITIONING A HUMAN STORY DEATH AND THE MAIDEN HANNAH ARENDT THE PEOPLE VS. FRITZ BAUER BOX OFFICE USA $3,103,716 BOX OFFICE USA $717,205 BOX OFFICE FRANCE 1,204,617 BOX OFFICE GERMANY 3,565,865 BOX OFFICE USA $300,000 BOX OFFICE FRANCE 600,000 BOX OFFICE GERMANY 1,680,000

23 MARKETING STRATEGY The first official Israeli-Argentinean Coproduction with the support of some of the best companies in Europe and Israel

24 MARKETING STRATEGY PARTICIPATION OF LIVING PROTAGONISTS AND NGO Rafi Eitan head of operations of Shin bet (Israeli FBI) in 1960 and Director of the commando which has captured Adolf Eichmann. Ricardo Francisco Eichmann is Aldolf Eichmann and Veronika Liebl s fourth son. Ricardo Eichmann (born in November 2, 1955 in Buenos Aires, Argentina) was 6 when his father was sent to trial. Since 1984 he is Doctor in German Egyptology at the Heidelberg University. He is a Member of the German Archaeology Institute. Support from The Shoah Foundation exhibition: Exhibition of the operation archives to accompany the film with the support of Jewish Foundations

25 MARKETING STRATEGY EXHIBITION OF PETER MALKIN S ARTISTIC WORKS & DRAWINGS Clown on a map Führer in Glory Eichmann Long Arm

26 FINANCING STRATEGY EUROPEAN QUALIFYING FILM/COPRO WITH SOUTH AMERICA & ISRAEL ISRAEL - LAMA FILMS - Keshet Television - United King Distribution EUROPE - ARSAM INTERNATIONAL - Sophie Dulac Distribution - Canal + - France TV - GARNET MEDIA GROUP - Ukrainian State Film Agency SOUTH AMERICA - COSTA FILMS - Equity - INCAA - South American Pre-sale - 5 Day Shoot - 2 Week Studio Shoot - 4 Week Shoot ISRAELI VALIDATION PRODUCTION AND POST-PRODUCTION TEAM LOCATIONS

27 PRODUCTION TEAM ARSAM INTERNATIONAL OUR APPROACH : INTERNATIONAL, HIGH END, LONG TERM VALUE

28 PRODUCTION TEAM GARNET MEDIA GROUP

29 Thank you ARSAM INTERNATIONAL ILANN GIRARD T INFO@ARSAM.BIZ GARNET MEDIA GROUP ANDREY YERMAK T. +