The Gleiwitz Case

The Gleiwitz Case — Plot

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.

• Release date
• August 23, 1961
• Runtime
• 64 min
• Genres
• Drama, History, Thriller
• Director
• Gerhard Klein

The Gleiwitz Case — Cast

Hannjo Hasse Alfred Naujocks Herwart Grosse Gestapochef Müller Hilmar Thate KZ-Häftling Christoph Beyertt Volksdeutscher Franz Sitte

W

Wolfgang Kalweit Volksdeutscher Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit

G

Georg Leopold Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek Heinz Behrens Offizier

R

Rolf Ripperger