Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
2005, Spanish. Directed by David Mauas.
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 13m
- Post-credits
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- Language
- Spanish
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- Released
- 6 October 2005
- Original title
- Quién mató a Walter Benjamin…
- Country
- Spain, Netherlands
- Written by
- David Mauas, Joan Ripollés Iranzo
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Who Killed Walter Benjamin… isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 6 October 2005. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
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Who directed Who Killed Walter Benjamin…?
Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (2005) was directed by David Mauas and stars Juan Ramón Capella, Félix de Azúa, Stéphane Hessel.