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
Hannjo Hasse
as Alfred Naujocks
Herwart Grosse
as Gestapochef Müller
Hilmar Thate
as KZ-Häftling
Christoph Beyertt
as Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
Heinz Behrens
as Offizier
Rolf Ludwig
Margarete Taudte
Kurt Mühlhardt
as Major der Abwehr
Friedrich Richter
Günter Naumann
Achim Wolff
Jochen Diestelmann
Werner Dissel
as Volksschullehrer
Marianne Christina Schilling
Hubert Hoelzke