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The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
Directed by Gerhard Klein
Drama, History, Thriller · 1h 04m
To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.
Cast
Hannjo Hasse
Alfred Naujocks
Herwart Grosse
Gestapochef Müller
Hilmar Thate
KZ-Häftling
Christoph Beyertt
Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
W
Wolfgang Kalweit
Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
G
Georg Leopold
Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
Heinz Behrens
Offizier
R
Rolf Ripperger
R
Rudolf Woschiek
M
Manfred Günther
Rolf Ludwig
Margarete Taudte
Crew
- Director
- Gerhard Klein
- Writer
- Günther Rücker, Wolfgang Kohlhaase
- Director of Photography
- Jan Čuřík
- Editor
- Evelyn Carow
Details
- Original title
- Der Fall Gleiwitz
- Release date
- 1961-08-23
- Runtime
- 1h 04m
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme