Eichmann Page #9

MALKIN:

Things will be different, Mama. WhenI’m back. They will.

ANIA:

Wherever you’re going. If it bringsyou peace, I will be happy.

Malkin stands. Kisses her forehead. As he leaves-

ANIA (CONT’D)

Am Yisrael chai.

64 EXT. PHONE-BOOTH. GARIBALDI STREET. DAY

Eichmann stands at a pay-phone. Dials.

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EICHMANN:

This is a message for Rodo Almirón.

Eichmann hesitates. Thinks. Glances across at the side of the

road he saw Aharoni and Lothar on.

EICHMANN (CONT’D)

Tell him I’d like to accept hisoffer. It is time for us to move.

65 EXT. WOODLAND. DAY

Almirón stands, smoking a cigar. He’s staring at something,

deep in thought. We don’t see what.

ANTONIO, now dressed in police uniform, approaches. Whispersin his boss’ ear. Doesn’t look at what Almirón’s observing.

ALMIRÓN

Have Regina arrange tickets toUruguay. Sort security, make sureword doesn’t spread. Understood?

Antonio nods. Eager to please. Goes to leave-

ANTONIO:

What do you think happened?

Now we see what Almirón sees- TWO MANGLED CORPSES. The Jewish

Men Antonio, Klaus and the Tacuara were attacking.

Almirón puts out his cigar.

ALMIRÓN

Suicide. Such a shame.

Walks off, leaving Antonio to stare at the bodies. Theirinjuries suggest death was not self-inflicted.

66 INT. ISSER HAREL’S OFFICE. NIGHT

Stood in front of Harel’s desk, Malkin looks ready.

HAREL:

I briefed the others as they left.

But I wanted to speak to you alone.

67 INT. SDE DOV AIRPORT. NIGHT

Malkin hands over a passport. Loads bags onto scales.

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HAREL (V.O.)

President Ben-Gurion greenlit this

mission on one condition. Do youknow what that was?

68 INT. AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 304. NIGHT

Strapped in, Malkin sketches in a South American Guide Book.

The beginnings of a picture of his sister, Fruma.

MALKIN (V.O.)

We’re not killing him. You want usto bring him back to Israel. Alive.

HAREL (V.O.)

Ah. Rafi told you?

Malkin glances up. Notices a DAD strapping his KID in.

MALKIN (V.O.)

No sir. I figured that one.

He looks away as the Dad hands his boy a TEDDY-BEAR.

69 INT. ISSER HAREL’S OFFICE. NIGHT

HAREL:

How so?

MALKIN:

The whole world deserves to see him

punished. For what he did.

HAREL:

I’ll be there too, in an apartment

downtown. But there’s only so much I

can do. If you’re caught, Israel

will deny all knowledge of your

existence. If you fail, Eichmann

escapes justice. Leads a long life.

Maybe he goes on to do it all again.

So don’t fail. For Israel. OK?

Off Malkin, considering this.

70 INT/EXT. AIR FRANCE FLIGHT 304. NIGHT

Malkin leans back as the plane SURGES DOWN THE RUN-WAY-

Outside, the plane hurtles up, up into the sky, over theMediterranean, leaving Israel far behind.

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71 INT. LIVING ROOM. EICHMANN’S HOUSE. NIGHT

Sat with a small glass of scotch, staring from his window,

Eichmann contemplates the world outside.

He turns to the table. Sheets of hand-written paper liebefore him. He continues to add to them.

72 EXT. EZEIZA INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT. BUENOS AIRES. DAY

A military check-point outside the terminal checks every carthat heads in or out. A plane WHOOSHES down to land.

73 INT. PASSPORT CONTROL. LATER

Stood in front of a rotten-toothed BOARDER GUARD, Malkin

waits patiently. The Guard eyes him suspiciously. EventuallySTAMPS his passport.

74 EXT. ARRIVALS. MOMENTS LATER

Carrying two heavy bags, Malkin emerges from the airport-

To find AHARONI, leaning on a FORD TRUCK. Wrapped up against

the cold. Malkin approaches.

MALKIN:

This the Old Man’s idea?

AHARONI:

Rafi’s.

Malkin nods. Puts a bag down. Extends his hand.

AHARONI (CONT’D)

First Garibaldi, then we head to

the safe-house. Get in the car.

He climbs in the cab. Malkin swallows the snub. Picks up hisbags. Places them in the back.

75 EXT. RICCHIERI FREEWAY. DAY

The truck ploughs along the quiet freeway. Green fields,

either side. A bunch of ABANDONED CARS rust away in both.

76 EXT. AVENIDO NUEVO DE JULIO. BUENOS AIRES. DAY

A glitzy street lined with Parisian architecture.

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Billowing flags, bustling coffee-shops, ornate gratedbalconies. The Truck rumbles past them all.

77 EXT. AVENIDO MAIPU. BARRIO OLIVIO. DAY

Grand architecture replaced by quiet residential roads. AnARMY JEEP loaded with soldiers rolls past the FORD TRUCK.

78 INT/EXT. FORD TRUCK

Aharoni and Malkin drive in silence. After a moment-

MALKIN:

How’d you get the cars?

AHARONI:

Guy called José Moskovits. The Old

Man knows him. He’s the buyer.

Cars, houses, food, weapons.

MALKIN:

We don’t need weapons.

Silence stretches. Aharoni glances at Malkin.

AHARONI:

You think you coulda taken better

photos of Attila. Don’t you?

MALKIN:

Did I say that?

AHARONI:

Tell me I’m wrong.

MALKIN:

(beat)

I wouldn’t have let him see me.

AHARONI:

There it is. That Malkin-flavoured

bullshit. You self-righteous prick.

You think I’d let him see me?

MALKIN:

Guessing so. 14 Garibaldi, right?

Malkin nods out of the window. Aharoni looks to realise-

-they’re approaching Eichmann’s house... and there’s a big“En Venta” (For Sale) sign out front.

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Aharoni slows to a stop.

AHARONI:

F*** me.

MALKIN:

The Old Man just might.

AHARONI:

We don’t know what this means.

MALKIN:

It means you spooked him.

AHARONI:

Listen fuckhead, before you start-

VERA EICHMANN (O.S.)

Hola? Hello? Are you here to see

the house?

They turn to find Vera Eichmann, standing outside the house,

staring at the two of them. Little Ricardo, on her hip.

VERA EICHMANN (CONT’D)

We weren’t expecting anyone till 4?

AHARONI:

No ma’am. We’re just exploring thearea. Thanks.

With a curt nod, Aharoni drives off. In the rear-view, Malkin

keeps an eye on Vera and baby Ricardo watching them go.

79 EXT. TIRA SAFE-HOUSE. DAY

An eight-foot wall surrounds the decrepit house. Rottingwooden slates juxtapose faux-opulent Corinthian columns. Ahouse that has never been loved nor cared for.

The Ford Truck and a Vauxwagon sit outside. French windowslead out onto wooden decking and a small garden.

MALKIN (V.O.)

We need to move, quickly. The nextfew days count for everything.

80 INT. DINING ROOM. TIRA. DAY

Surrounding a big table with a map spread across it areMalkin, Uzi, Dani, Ephraim, Hanna, Rafi and Aharoni.

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Malkin glances at Rafi, who nods. He looks at Aharoni, wholooks away. Close enough.

MALKIN:

So, here’s what needs to happen if

we’re going to make this work.

81 EXT. RAILWAY EMBANKMENT. DAY

Lying perfectly still, it’s almost impossible to see MALKIN,

half-covered in foliage and brush. Binoculars are watching-

MALKIN (V.O.)

First thing’s first. We learn him.

His life, his routine. Everything.

EICHMANN. Walks to the road. Then to the kiosk/bus-stop. Buyscigarettes and a paper. Right on cue, the 203 bus turns up.

MALKIN (V.O.)

I want to know when he leaves, how

he leaves, how fast he walks, where

he walks, what the light is like,

when he returns. Spare no detail.

MALKIN scribbles a note down in a notebook.

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