Der Fall Gleiwitz = The Gleiwitz case : [the Nazi secret plan to invade Poland] / DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme ; Progress Film-Verleih GmbH ; Icestorm [International in association with the University of Massachusetts] ; Buch, Wolfgang Kohlhaas, Günther Rücker ; Produktionsleitung, Erich Albrecht ; Regie, Gerhard Klein.
Publisher:
First Run Features,
Copyright Date:
2005
Description:
1 videodisc (63 min.) : sound, black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Hannjo Hasse, Herwart Grosse, Hilmar Thate, Georg Leopold, Wolfgang Kalweit, Rolf Ripperger, Christoph Beyertt, Rudolf Woschick, Manfred Günther. Originally released as a motion picture in 1961. Special features: "The case of 'The Gleiwitz case'" essay; Film about editor Evelyn Carow; Original trailer; Photo gallery; Biographies; Filmographies.
Summary:
Dramatization of a successful assault by Nazis, posing as Poles, on a German border radio station so that Hitler could "justify" his invasion of Poland.
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