Die Mission

Summer 1938: renowned Viennese surgeon Professor von Benda is summoned by Gauleiter Seyss-Inquart to attend the Evian Conference on Jewish refugees. Disguised as a loyal Nazi physician, von Benda’s “mission” is to propose that participating nations purchase German Jews for 250 Reichsmark each, ostensibly saving them from deportation. Over ten days in Evian-les-Bains, von Benda navigates tense negotiations with diplomats and relief workers, confronting the moral abyss behind his government’s plan. As alliances form and falter around him, he watches the fates of refugees - and of Europe itself - unfold without judgment, bearing witness to a tragedy that history cannot forget.

Martin Held

Professor Heinrich von Benda

Marianne Hoppe

Selma Selig

Peter Mosbacher

Kolumbianischer Minister

Richard Münch

Seyß-Inquart

Martin Benrath

Monsignore

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Frau Steiner

Karl Walter Diess

Stechlein

Walo Lüönd

Gestapo-Spitzel

Ullrich Haupt

Milestone

Peter Arens

Felix von Benda

Klaus Herm

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Tilo von Berlepsch

Erich Poremski

Gerd Prager

Alexander von Rosen

Nelson

• Ludwig CremerDirector

Release date

March 29, 1967

Status

Released

Original language

German

Genres

Drama