The Gleiwitz Case
Der Fall Gleiwitz
Release: 1961-08-23
·Runtime: 64m
·★ 6.6
Drama
History
Thriller
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
Production Countries
East Germany
Production Companies
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Cast
Heinz Behrens
as Offizier
Kurt Mühlhardt
as Major der Abwehr
Herwart Grosse
as Gestapochef Müller
Margarete Taudte
Achim Wolff
Hubert Hoelzke
Hannjo Hasse
as Alfred Naujocks
Friedrich Richter
Hilmar Thate
as KZ-Häftling
Günter Naumann
Werner Dissel
as Volksschullehrer
Marianne Christina Schilling
Rolf Ludwig
Jochen Diestelmann
Christoph Beyertt
as Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte