Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
"… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime."
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Type: Movie Category: DocumentaryYear: 2005Details
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.
- Genres: Documentary, History
- Language: English, French, German, Spanish
Cast & Crew
- Cast:Juan Ramón Capella , Félix de Azúa , Stéphane Hessel , Dani Karavan , Stéphane Mosès , Gary Smith , Rolf Tiedemann , Patrick von zur Mühlen
- Director: David Mauas
- Producer: Miquel Alvarez, David Mauas
