The Gleiwitz Case
(Der Fall Gleiwitz)
Screening on Film
Directed by Gerhard Klein.
East Germany, 1961, 35mm, black & white, 69 min.
German with English subtitles.
East Germany, 1961, 35mm, black & white, 69 min.
German with English subtitles.
Considered one of the most modern and experimental films in DEFA's the eccentric Gleiwitz Case is a detailed reconstruction of the 1939 surprise attack by a Nazi unit on the radio station at Gleiwitz, a German town on the Polish border. Theattack, blamed on Polish forces, served as Hitler's justification for marching into Poland, thus starting WWII.
