The Gleiwitz Case
DramaHistoryThriller
★ 6.9/1019611h 4m
Director: Gerhard Klein
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.
Runtime
1h 4m
Language
German
Released
Aug 23, 1961
Runtime
1h 4m
Language
German
Released
Aug 23, 1961
Cast
Hannjo Hasse
Alfred Naujocks
Herwart Grosse
Gestapochef Müller
Hilmar Thate
KZ-Häftling
Christoph Beyertt
Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
Wolfgang Kalweit
Wolfgang Kalweit
Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
Georg Leopold
Georg Leopold
Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
Heinz Behrens
Offizier
Rolf Ripperger
Rolf Ripperger
Rudolf Woschiek
Rudolf Woschiek
Manfred Günther
Manfred Günther
Rolf Ludwig
Margarete Taudte
Kurt Mühlhardt
Major der Abwehr
Friedrich Richter
Günter Naumann
Paul-Dolf Neis
Paul-Dolf Neis
Heinz Schröder
Heinz Schröder
Heinz Kögel
Heinz Kögel
Heinz Isterheil
Heinz Isterheil
Horst Giesen
Horst Giesen
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