The Gleiwitz Case
Der Fall Gleiwitz
★ 6.9·1961·1h 4min·Drama, History, and Thriller
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.
- Director
- Gerhard Klein
- Original language
- German
- Status
- Released (Aug 23, 1961)
Where to watch
- Free
Cast
39 people
Hannjo HasseAlfred Naujocks
Herwart GrosseGestapochef Müller
Hilmar ThateKZ-Häftling
Christoph BeyerttVolksdeutscher Franz Sitte- WKWolfgang KalweitVolksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
- GLGeorg LeopoldVolksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
Heinz BehrensOffizier- RRRolf Ripperger
- RWRudolf Woschiek
- MGManfred Günther
Rolf Ludwig
Margarete Taudte
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Kurt MühlhardtMajor der Abwehr
Friedrich Richter
Günter Naumann- PNPaul-Dolf Neis
- HSHeinz Schröder
- HKHeinz Kögel
- HIHeinz Isterheil
- HGHorst Giesen
Achim Wolff- MAMartin Angermann
Jochen Diestelmann
Werner DisselVolksschullehrer- HBHans Bosenius
- ATAxel Triebel
Marianne Christina Schilling- SGSiegfried Göhler
- TWTheresia Wider
- DSDieter Schindelhauer
- HMHerbert Manz
- KHKarl-Helge Hofstadt
Hubert Hoelzke- HGHorst Gill
- WEWalter E. Fuß
- HFHorst Friedrich
- FEFritz Ernst Fechner
- RCRotraud Conrad
- IBIngrid Barkmann
