The Gleiwitz Case

Overview

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.

Directed by Gerhard Klein

Top 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

R

Rudolf Woschiek

M

Manfred Günther

Rolf Ludwig

Margarete Taudte

Kurt Mühlhardt

Major der Abwehr

Friedrich Richter

Günter Naumann

P

Paul-Dolf Neis

H

Heinz Schröder

H

Heinz Kögel

H

Heinz Isterheil

H

Horst Giesen

Details