''The Gleiwitz Case'' () is an

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directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961. The plot was reconstructed exactly according to the statements of SS-Man

Alfred Naujocks Alfred Helmut Naujocks (20 September 1911 – 4 April 1966), alias ''Hans Müller'', ''Alfred Bonsen'', and ''Rudolf Möbert'', was a German SS functionary during the Third Reich. He took part in the staged Gleiwitz incident, a false flag oper ...

before British authorities at the

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Plot

The film depicts the Gleiwitz incident from 31 August 1939, a

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attack on a German radio station staged by the SS. The fake attack was carried out to justify the

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as a defensive attack before the international community.

Cast

* Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Helmut Naujocks * Christoph Bayertt as Franz Sitte * Wolfgang Kalweit as Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit * Georg Leopold as Franz Wyczorek * Herwart Grosse as Heinrich Müller * Rolf Ripperger as Bieratzki * as Kühnel * Rudolf Woschiek as Tutzauer *

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as Sachsenhausen inmate *

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as SS doctor * Friedrich Richter as Jewish professor *

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as SS man * Paul-Dolf Neis as SD chief in Gleiwitz * Werner Dissel as teacher

References

External links

* 1961 films 1961 war films German war films East German films 1960s German-language films German black-and-white films World War II films based on actual events Films set in 1939 Gliwice 1960s German films German-language war films {{WWII-film-stub