
The Gleiwitz Case
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To justify their invasion of Poland at the start of WWII, Nazi high command hatches a secret plan: six Polish men from an SS training camp are sent on a special mission to the town of Gleiwitz, to fake a Polish raid on Germany. The ‘provoked’ Germans will thus launch a ‘counterattack’ on Poland.
Production
DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme
Language
DE
Status
Released
Release Date
Cast

Hannjo Hasse
Alfred Naujocks

Herwart Grosse
Gestapochef Müller

Hilmar Thate
KZ-Häftling

Christoph Beyertt
Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
Wolfgang Kalweit
Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
Georg Leopold
Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek

Heinz Behrens
Offizier
Rolf Ripperger
Rudolf Woschiek
Manfred Günther

Rolf Ludwig

Margarete Taudte

Kurt Mühlhardt
Major der Abwehr

Friedrich Richter

Günter Naumann
Paul-Dolf Neis
Heinz Schröder
Heinz Kögel
Heinz Isterheil
Horst Giesen
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