The Gleiwitz Case

Name: The Gleiwitz Case
Genre: Drama, Historia, Suspense
Released: 1961-08-23
Duration: 64 min
Rating: 6.9
Cast: Hannjo Hasse, Herwart Grosse, Hilmar Thate, Christoph Beyertt, Wolfgang Kalweit

Der Fall Gleiwitz

1961 1 h 04 min

Drama History Thriller

69%

Audience score11 votes on TMDB

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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.