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

Producer 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."