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The Gleiwitz Case

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Calorie Rating: 98
Released: 1961-08-23
Running Time: 70 Minutes
Studios: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme,


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 / Directors



Cast

Hannjo Hasse
Character: Alfred Naujocks
Herwart Grosse
Character: Gestapochef Müller
Hilmar Thate
Character: KZ-Häftling

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

Heinz Behrens
Character: Offizier


Kurt Mühlhardt
Character: Major der Abwehr



Werner Dissel
Character: Volksschullehrer







Production and Crew

Gerhard Klein
Costume Design
Gerhard Helwig
Production Design


Jan Čuřík
Director of Photography