Shooting begins in Budapest and Malta next week on E-Motion's biopic of Adolf Eichmann.

Eichmann, starring Thomas Kretschmann, portrays the events leading up to the capture of the Nazi war criminal by Israeli agents and his 1962 execution.

Principal photography on the UK, Hungary, Belgium and the US co-production, directed by Robert Young and produced by Karl Richards, is expected to last five weeks.

Eichmann is is co-produced by E-Motion's Peter Bevan and Hungary's Jozsef Cirko.