Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (2005)
- NR
- 10/06/2005 (ES)
- Documentary, History
- 1h 13m
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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.
David Mauas
Writer, DirectorJoan Ripollés Iranzo
WriterCast
Juan Ramón Capella
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Félix de Azúa
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Stéphane Hessel
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Dani Karavan
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Stéphane Mosès
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Gary Smith
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Rolf Tiedemann
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