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Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (2005)

Directed by David Mauas

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.

Length 73 minutes

Actors

Stéphane Hessel | Juan Ramón Capella | Félix de Azúa | Dani Karavan | Stéphane Mosès | Gary Smith | Rolf Tiedemann | Patrick von zur Mühlen | Bernd Witte | Erdmut Wizisla