The Gleiwitz Case () is an East German war film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961. The plot was reconstructed exactly according to the statements of SS-Man Alfred Naujocks before British authorities at the Nuremberg trials.

Plot

The film depicts the Gleiwitz incident from 31st August, 1939, a false flag attack on a German radio station staged by the SS. The fake attack was carried out to justify the Invasion of Poland as a defensive attack before the international community.

The Gleiwitz Case

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

Manfred Günther as Kühnel

Rudolf Woschiek as Tutzauer

Hilmar Thate as Sachsenhausen inmate

Rolf Ludwig as SS doctor

Friedrich Richter as Jewish professor

Günter Naumann as SS man

Paul-Dolf Neis as SD chief in Gleiwitz

Werner Dissel as teacher

References

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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

The Gleiwitz Case