The Gleiwitz Case

(1961)

★ 6.9 IMDb · 11 votes

Genres: Drama, History, Thriller

Year: 1961

Runtime: 70 мин

Country: East Germany

Director: Gerhard Klein

Cast: Ханьо Хассе, Herwart Grosse, Hilmar Thate, Christoph Beyertt, Wolfgang Kalweit, Georg Leopold, Heinz Behrens, Rolf Ripperger, Rudolf Woschiek, Manfred Günther

Plot

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.