The Gleiwitz Case
August 23, 1961•1h 4m•★ 6.9
DramaHistoryThriller
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.
Director
Gerhard KleinCast
Hannjo Hasse
Alfred Naujocks
Herwart Grosse
Gestapochef Müller
Hilmar Thate
KZ-Häftling
Christoph Beyertt
Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
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Wolfgang Kalweit
Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
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Georg Leopold
Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
Heinz Behrens
Offizier
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Rolf Ripperger
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Rudolf Woschiek
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Manfred Günther
Rolf Ludwig
Margarete Taudte
Kurt Mühlhardt
Major der Abwehr
Friedrich Richter
Günter Naumann
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Paul-Dolf Neis
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Heinz Schröder
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Heinz Kögel
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Heinz Isterheil
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Horst Giesen