Trivia / Operation Finale

• Dawson Casting: 75 year old Ben Kingsley playing 52 year old Adolf Eichmann.
• Fake Nationality:
  • The German Adolf Eichmann is played Ben Kingsley, an Englishman of Indian descent. His son is played by Joe Alwyn (also English) and his wife is Greta Scacchi (Italian-Australian).
  • Besides Lior Raz, most of the Israeli characters are played by non-Israeli actors (Oscar Isaac is Guatemalan-American, Mélanie Laurent is French, Nick Kroll and Peter Strauss are American; Allan Corduner and Simon Russell Beale are British).
  • American actress Haley Lu Richardson plays a German-Argentinian.
• Playing Against Type: Nick Kroll in a dramatic role. (Though he does provide some comic relief)