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.
Volksdeutscher Franz Wyczorek
The original title is "Der Fall Gleiwitz" (DE).
The runtime is 64 minutes (1h 4m).
The film was directed by Gerhard Klein.
The screenplay was written by Wolfgang Kohlhaase and Günther Rücker.
Cinematography was handled by Jan Čuřík.
This title is listed on IMDb as tt0054864.
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Der Fall Gleiwitz
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East Germany
