Film
Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
2005 · 1h 13m · Documentary · History
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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- 5.9
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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.
Cast
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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Patrick von zur Mühlen
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Bernd Witte
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Erdmut Wizisla
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Crew
- David MauasWriter · Executive Producer · Director
- Joan Ripollés IranzoWriter
- Miquel AlvarezExecutive Producer
- Rachel RusinekDirector of Photography
- Xavier MaristanyOriginal Music Composer
- Pau ValienteEditor
- Víctor VidalEditor
Media
Details
- Release date
- October 6, 2005
- Status
- Released
- Original language
- Spanish
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Genres
- Documentary, History
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