
Brazil,May1960.JustafewdaysaftertheabductionoffugitiveNazicriminalAdolfEichmannbyMossadagentsinArgentina.Polsky(70),alonely,misanthropic,grumblingHolocaustsurvivorlivesinoneofacoupleofisolatedhousesonahillontheoutskirtsofaBraziliansuburb.Hespendshisdaysplayingchessandtendinghisbelovedrosebushes.Polsky'snextdoorneighbor,whodoesallhisgroceryshopping,ishisonlyconnectiontothe"outsideworld."OnedayhisneighbordiesandamysteriousoldGermanmanwearingawig,sunglasses,andfakebeardmovesin.Polskyisn'tcrazyaboutGermansingeneral,butheparticularlyloathesHerzog,thenewneighbor,evenbeforeheactuallymeetshim.OncehedoesandfindsoutheemigratedfromArgentina,allittakesisonegoodlookintheeyestorealizehisnewneighborisnoneotherthantheinfamousAdolfHitler.PolskydecidestoproveHitler'sidentityandbeginscollectingevidenceandcompilesacomparativetablebetween...



