Movie

The Gleiwitz Case

★ 6.9/10 · 11 votes 1961 1h 4m Released

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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.

Cast

Hannjo Hasse Alfred Naujocks Herwart Grosse Gestapochef Müller Hilmar Thate KZ-Häftling Christoph Beyertt Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte W Wolfgang Kalweit Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhel G Georg Leopold Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczo