Der Fall Gleiwitz

original title:
Der Fall Gleiwitz
other titles:
The Affair Gleiwitz
country / year of production:
German Democratic Republic / 1961
original length:
63 min. , black/white
premiere:
22 April 1961
genre:
melodrama
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director:
Gerhard Klein
film script:
Wolfgang Kohlhaase , Günther Rücker
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plot synopsis:
Re-enacted true story of successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" thereby his invasion of Poland.
keywords:
based on a true story , fascism , betrayal, treason , siege , behind enemy lines , ambush
war:
Second World War (1939-1945)
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