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Der Fall Gleiwitz (1961)
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22 April 1961 (East Germany)
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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. | add synopsis
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How to make a big lie work.
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(Complete credited cast)| Hannjo Hasse | ... | SS-Hauptsturmführer Alfred Helmut Naujocks, alias Birke | |
| Herwart Grosse | ... | Gestapochef Müller | |
| Hilmar Thate | ... | KZ-Häftling | |
| Georg Leopold | ... | Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek | |
| Wolfgang Kalweit | ... | Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit | |
| Rolf Ripperger | ... | Volksdeutscher Bieratzki | |
| Christoph Bayertt | ... | Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte (as Christoph Beyertt) | |
| Rudolf Woschiek | ... | Volksdeutscher Tutzauer (as Rudolf Woschick) | |
| Manfred Günther | ... | Volksdeutscher Kühnel | |
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| Ingrid Barkmann | |||
| Paul Bielicki | ... | Hilfspolizist | |
| Wolfgang Borkenhagen | |||
| Hans Bosenius | ... | Studienrat | |
| Rotraud Conrad | |||
| Heinz Dhein | |||
| Jochen Diestelmann | ... | Hauptmann | |
| Werner Dissel | ... | Volksschullehrer | |
| Fritz Ernst Fechner | |||
| Horst Friedrich | |||
| Walter E. Fuß | |||
| Horst Giesen | ... | Mann im Verstärkeramt | |
| Horst Gill | |||
| Hubert Hoelzke | |||
| Karl-Helge Hofstadt | |||
| Harry Küster | |||
| Herbert Manz | |||
| Kurt Mühlhardt | |||
| Marianne Christina Schilling | ... | Dame mit Kind | |
| Dieter Schindelhauer | |||
| Rudolf Seiß | |||
| Axel Triebel | ... | Herr von Saxonia | |
| Theresia Wider | |||
| Achim Wolff | ... | Mechaniker | |
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This movie shows what it takes to trick a country into going to war. The mindset of those carrying out the operation is shown. This feels almost like a documentary. Lots of closeups that foreshadow the techniques of Sergio Leone. At times it moves quite fast and conveys the speed of the whole operation. At one time it moves at a pace to give the feeling of the waiting and tension that the operation itself produces. This movie would be perfect to see with DOWNFALL. The beginning and the end of the second world war,perfect bookends to all of the movies depicting World War II. This movie teaches lessons that are as full of meaning for today and the world situation.