The Gleiwitz Case (1961)
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.
- Released
- 1961-08-23
- Genres
- Drama, History, Thriller
- Runtime
- 64 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Gerhard Klein
- TMDB rating
- 6.9/10 from 11 votes
Cast
- Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Naujocks
- Herwart Grosse as Gestapochef Müller
- Hilmar Thate as KZ-Häftling
- Christoph Beyertt as Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte
- Wolfgang Kalweit as Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
- Georg Leopold as Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
- Heinz Behrens as Offizier
- Rolf Ripperger
- Rudolf Woschiek
- Manfred Günther
- Rolf Ludwig
- Margarete Taudte
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