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The Gleiwitz Case

1961 1 hour 4 minutes
65/100

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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.

Released

23rd August 1961

64 years ago

Runtime

1 hour 4 minutes

Finishes at 10:29am

Ratings and awards

  • IMDB Logo

    6.9/10

  • TMDb Logo

    69%

  • Trakt Logo

    59%

  • FilmFlow Logo

    65%

Directed by

Gerhard Klein

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Written by

Günther Rücker, Wolfgang Kohlhaase

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