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The Gleiwitz Case

1961 · 1h 4m · Drama, History, Thriller

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.

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Cast

• Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Naujocks
• Herwart Grosse as Gestapochef Müller
• Hilmar Thate as KZ-Häftling
• Christoph Beyertt as Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
• Wolfgang Kalweit as Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
• Georg Leopold as Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
• Heinz Behrens as Offizier
• Rolf Ripperger
• Rudolf Woschiek
• Manfred Günther
• Rolf Ludwig
• Margarete Taudte

Details

Director

Gerhard Klein

Released

August 23, 1961

Runtime

1h 4m

Genres

Drama, History, Thriller

Studio

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

Status

Released

TMDB score

6.9 / 10 from 11 votes