title: The Gleiwitz Case
text: # The Gleiwitz Case
  
  The Gleiwitz Case (German: Der Fall Gleiwitz) is an East German war film directed by Gerhard Klein. It was released in 1961. The plot was reconstructed exactly according to the statements of SS-Man Alfred Naujocks before British authorities at the Nuremberg trials.
  
  ## Plot
  
  The film depicts the Gleiwitz incident from 31st August, 1939, a false flag attack on a German radio station staged by the SS. The fake attack was carried out to justify the Invasion of Poland as a defensive attack before the international community.
  
  ## Cast
  
  * Hannjo Hasse as Alfred Helmut Naujocks
  * Christoph Bayertt as Franz Sitte
  * Wolfgang Kalweit as Hans-Wilhelm Kraweit
  * Georg Leopold as Franz Wyczorek
  * Herwart Grosse as Heinrich Müller
  * Rolf Ripperger as Bieratzki
  * Manfred Günther as Kühnel
  * Rudolf Woschiek as Tutzauer
  * Hilmar Thate as Sachsenhausen inmate
  * Rolf Ludwig as SS doctor
  * Friedrich Richter as Jewish professor
  * Günter Naumann as SS man
  * Paul-Dolf Neis as SD chief in Gleiwitz
  * Werner Dissel as teacher
  