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Die Mission
Die Mission
Release: 1967-03-29
Drama
Summer 1938: renowned Viennese surgeon Professor von Benda is summoned by Gauleiter Seyss-Inquart to attend the Evian Conference on Jewish refugees. Disguised as a loyal Nazi physician, von Benda’s “mission” is to propose that participating nations purchase German Jews for 250 Reichsmark each, ostensibly saving them from deportation. Over ten days in Evian-les-Bains, von Benda navigates tense negotiations with diplomats and relief workers, confronting the moral abyss behind his government’s plan. As alliances form and falter around him, he watches the fates of refugees - and of Europe itself - unfold without judgment, bearing witness to a tragedy that history cannot forget.
Production Countries
Germany
Production Companies
BR
Cast
Marianne Hoppe
as Selma Selig
Peter Mosbacher
as Kolumbianischer Minister
Edith Schultze-Westrum
as Frau Steiner
Peter Arens
as Felix von Benda
Tilo von Berlepsch
Ullrich Haupt
as Milestone
Richard Münch
as Seyß-Inquart
Karl Walter Diess
as Stechlein
Walo Lüönd
as Gestapo-Spitzel
Klaus Herm
Martin Held
as Professor Heinrich von Benda
Martin Benrath
as Monsignore
Friedrich G. Beckhaus