Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
"… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime."
2005
1h 13m
6.0
ES
Documentary
History
Overview
Philosopher Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), a German Jew, flees Germany in 1932, during the turmoil preceding Adolf Hitler's definitive rise to power. On September 26, 1940, he dies in Portbou, a small village on the French-Spanish border. The unexplained end of a man who managed to avoid a horrible fate just to face death in very mysterious circumstances.
Movie Details
Languages
German
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Studio
Milagros Producciones
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Key Crew
Joan Ripollés Iranzo
Writer
Cast
J
Juan Ramón Capella
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F
Félix de Azúa
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Stéphane Hessel
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D
Dani Karavan
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Stéphane Mosès
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G
Gary Smith
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R
Rolf Tiedemann
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P
Patrick von zur Mühlen
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B
Bernd Witte
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E
Erdmut Wizisla
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