Assassination in Davos
1974, German. Directed by Rolf Lyssy.
On February 4, 1936, Wilhelm Gustloff, leader of the NSDAP, was shot dead in Davos. His assassin, 27-year-old David Frankfurter, wanted to use the action to highlight the persecution of the Jews. This docudrama describes with great precision the events leading up to the fateful day and the trial that followed. The film was selected as the Swiss entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 48th Academy Awards, but was not nominated.
- Runtime
- 1h 50m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- German
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Cast & crew
- Rolf LyssyDirector
- Peter BollagDavid Frankfurter
- Gert HauckeWilhelm Gustloff
- Marianne KehlauFrau Hedwig Gustloff
- Hilde ZieglerDoris Steiger
- Wolfram BergerZvonko
- Max KnappPresident de la Cour
- Günter StrackCast
- Klaus KnuthCast
- Peter ArensStaatsanwalt
- René ScheibliMaduz
- Alfred SchlageterRabbi Dr. Salomon
- Wolfgang HillerCast
Details
- Released
- 1 January 1974
- Original title
- Konfrontation
- Country
- Switzerland
- Written by
- Georg Janett, Rolf Lyssy
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Assassination in Davos (1974) was directed by Rolf Lyssy and stars Peter Bollag, Gert Haucke, Marianne Kehlau.