An odd thing happened.

Officials didnt want to bury him and risk creating a shrine, so they decided on cremation.

That is strictly against the Jewish religion and there were no crematoria in the country.

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Zebcos assistant realized with horror the model was used in Nazi death camps.

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Eichmann himself is seen in glimpses and only from the back.

The film starts with the news his death sentence.

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Paltrow said the trial itself had been explored many times already.

It opened at the Quad in NYC this weekend and will expanding in coming weeks.

In a conversation with Deadline, the director says the detail about the oven was something he had read.

And I followed that thread.

And we did a series of interviews [and] they are very compelling.

It was something much more complex than I think I had realized.

As the pieces came together, you know, they are full of contradiction and irony.

For me, those are inherently dramatic things.

He had a very natural quality when reciting written dialogue and an instinctual ability to access his emotions.

Paltrow said the two are close and Goldmans son Ron ended up being one ofJune Zeros producers.

Claude Lanzmanns documentaries and particularlyShoahinspired the writers approach.

Lanzmanns spirit loomed so large over our process we dedicated the movie to him, Paltrow says.

Paltrows narrative fiction films areYoung Ones andThe Good Night.

He co-directed the documentaryDe Palmawith Noah Baumbach.

Hes also directed for TV includingBoardwalk EmpireandHalt and Catch Fire.

June Zeros release comes amid the ongoing, highly polarizing war in Gaza.

And I think thats very much also the way we live our lives day to day.