Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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- History
- Documentary
Overview
Philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German Jew, flees Germany in 1932, during the turmoil preceding Adolf Hitler's definitive rise to power. On September 26, 1940, he dies in Portbou, a small village on the French-Spanish border. The unexplained end of a man who managed to avoid a horrible fate just to face death in very mysterious circumstances.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- October 6, 2005
- Original language
- Spanish
- Spoken languages
- English, French, German, Spanish
- Countries
- Spain, Netherlands
- Production
- TV3,Milagros Producciones,Medianimación,Nik Media
- Cast
- Félix de Azúa,Juan Ramón Capella,Patrick von zur Mühlen,Rolf Tiedemann,Gary Smith,Dani Karavan,Bernd Witte,Stéphane Mosès,Erdmut Wizisla,Stéphane Hessel
- Director
- David Mauas
- Producer
- Miquel Alvarez,David Mauas
- Cinematography
- Rachel Rusinek
- Music
- Xavier Maristany
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- Homepage
- Official site
- IMDb
- tt0781462