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
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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