The Gleiwitz Case
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The Gleiwitz Case is an East German war film
War film
War films are a film genre concerned with warfare, usually about naval, air or land battles, sometimes focusing instead on prisoners of war, covert operations, military training or other related subjects. At times war films focus on daily military or civilian life in wartime without depicting battles...

 directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961.

Cast

  • Hannjo Hasse
    Hannjo Hasse
    -Biography:Hasse began studying acting in 1938, and attended Lily Ackermann's Institute for Stage Artists' Education in Berlin. At 1941, he was drafted for the Labour Service, and later to the Army...

     as Alfred Helmut Naujocks
  • Christoph Bayertt as Franz Sitte
  • Wolfgang Kalweit as Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
  • Georg Leopold as Franz Wyczorek
  • Herwart Grosse as Heinrich Müller
  • Rolf Ripperger as Bieratzki
  • Manfred Günther as Kühnel
  • Rudolf Woschiek as Tutzauer
  • Hilmar Thate
    Hilmar Thate
    Hilmar Thate is a German actor. He has appeared in 40 films and television shows since 1955.-Selected filmography:* The Gleiwitz Case * Professor Mamlock * Der geteilte Himmel * Angels of Iron...

     as Sachsenhausen inmate
  • Rolf Ludwig as SS doctor
  • Friedrich Richter
    Friedrich Richter
    Friedrich-Wilhelm Heinrich Richter was a Sturmbannführer in the Waffen-SS during World War II. He was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross, which was awarded to recognize extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership by Nazi Germany during World War...

     as Jewish professor
  • Günter Naumann as SS man
  • Paul-Dolf Neis as SD chief in Gleiwitz
  • Werner Dissel
    Werner Dissel
    Werner Friedrich Dissel was a German actor and director.-Biography:Dissel's began working as a newspaper photographer in the late 1920s. After the Nazis' rise to power, he became a member of an antifascist group headed by Harro Schulze-Boysen, and was involved in the resistance newspaper Wille zum...

    as teacher
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