The Gleiwitz Case
Der Fall Gleiwitz1961
- Gerhard Klein
- 1h 4m
- August 23, 1961 · East Germany
Overview
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.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- August 23, 1961
- Original language
- German
- Spoken languages
- German
- Countries
- East Germany
- Production
- DEFA,DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
- Cast
- Wolfgang Kalweit,Achim Wolff,Horst Friedrich,Heinz Schröder,Manfred Günther,Hans Bosenius,Walter E. Fuß,Heinz Behrens,Kurt Mühlhardt,Jochen Diestelmannand 29 more
- Director
- Gerhard Klein
- Cinematography
- Jan Čuřík
- Budget
- Not recorded
- Revenue
- Not recorded
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