The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
- Original title
- Der Fall Gleiwitz
- Directed by
- Gerhard Klein
- Genre
- war film
- Country
- German Democratic Republic, Germany
- Runtime
- 1h 03m
- Rating
- 6.9 of 10 from 11 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
This East German war film reconstructs the 1939 attack on a German radio station that was used as a pretext for invading Poland. The plot is based on the testimony of an SS officer at the Nuremberg trials.
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What happens
The Gleiwitz Case (German: Der Fall Gleiwitz) is an East German war film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961. The plot was reconstructed exactly according to the statements of SS-Man Alfred Naujocks before British authorities at the Nuremberg trials. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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Die Jagdgesellschaft (1966)- More like this film, on a shelf you can walk up to.It's the lit case on the top shelf.