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Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals (2019)
Directed by Alexander Hogh, Jean-Christoph Caron
Documentary, Animation, History · 52m
September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
Cast
N
Nicole Engeln
Self - Narrator (voice)
J
Jochen Böhler
Self - Historian
D
Dawid Golik
Self - Historian
D
Detlef Fetchenhauer
Self - Psychologist
S
Sybille Steinbacher
Self - Historian
W
Włodzimierz Borodziej
Self - Historian
M
Maren Röger
Self - Historian
C
Cezary Król
Self - Historian
J
Jan Turnau
Self - Journalist
Adolf Hitler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich Himmler
Self - Politician (archive footage)
Crew
- Director
- Alexander Hogh, Jean-Christoph Caron
- Writer
- Jean-Christoph Caron, Martin Ehrmann
- Editor
- Claudia Spoden
- Producer
- Silke Breidenbach, Alexander Hesse, Katharina Krohmann
Details
- Original title
- Polen 39: Wie deutsche Soldaten zu Mördern wurden
- Release date
- 2019-08-31
- Runtime
- 52m
- Genres
- Documentary, Animation, History
- Original language
- DE
- Spoken languages
- German, Polish
- Countries
- Germany
- Production
- ARTE, Gruppe 5, ZDF, Phoenix