The Gleiwitz Case
1961 film
- Wolfgang Kohlhaase
- Günther Rücker
Release date
- 22 April 1961 (1961-04-22)
Running time
The Gleiwitz Case (German: Der Fall Gleiwitz) is an East German war film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961. The plot was reconstructed exactly according to the statements of SS-Man Alfred Naujocks before British authorities at the Nuremberg trials.[1]
Plot
The film depicts the Gleiwitz incident from 31 August 1939, a false flag attack on a German radio station staged by the SS. The fake attack was carried out to justify the Invasion of Poland as a defensive attack before the international community.
Cast
- Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Helmut Naujocks
- Christoph Bayertt as Franz Sitte
- Wolfgang Kalweit as Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
- Georg Leopold as Franz Wyczorek
- Herwart Grosse as Heinrich Müller
- Rolf Ripperger as Bieratzki
- Manfred Günther [de] as Kühnel
- Rudolf Woschiek as Tutzauer
- Hilmar Thate as Sachsenhausen inmate
- Rolf Ludwig as SS doctor
- Friedrich Richter as Jewish professor
- Günter Naumann as SS man
- Paul-Dolf Neis as SD chief in Gleiwitz
- Werner Dissel as teacher
References
- ^ Der Fall Gleiwitz Landesmediendienste Bayern
External links
- The Gleiwitz Case at IMDb
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