The Gleiwitz Case

Drama, History, Thriller

🎬 Critics Choice Nominee

Director Gerhard Klein

Status Released

Release Date 1961-08-23

Storyline

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.