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Assassination in Davos (1974)
Directed by Rolf Lyssy
Drama, Crime, Thriller, History · 1h 50m
On February 4, 1936, Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the NSDAP, was shot dead in Davos. His assassin, 27-year-old David Frankfurter, wanted to use the action to highlight the persecution of the Jews. This docudrama describes with great precision the events leading up to the fateful day and the trial that followed. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
Cast
P
Peter Bollag
David Frankfurter
Gert Haucke
Wilhelm Gustloff
M
Marianne Kehlau
Frau Hedwig Gustloff
Hilde Ziegler
Doris Steiger
Wolfram Berger
Zvonko
Max Knapp
President de la Cour
Günter Strack
K
Klaus Knuth
Peter Arens
Staatsanwalt
R
René Scheibli
Maduz
Alfred Schlageter
Rabbi Dr. Salomon
W
Wolfgang Hiller
Crew
- Director
- Rolf Lyssy
- Writer
- Rolf Lyssy, Georg Janett
- Director of Photography
- Fritz E. Maeder
Details
- Original title
- Konfrontation
- Release date
- 1974-01-01
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Genres
- Drama, Crime, Thriller, History
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- Switzerland