Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

Name: Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
Director: David Mauas
Genre: Documentary, History
Released: 2005-10-06
Rating: 6.0
Cast: Juan Ramón Capella, Félix de Azúa, Stéphane Hessel, Dani Karavan, Stéphane Mosès

“… 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.

Director:David Mauas

6.0

2005

73 mins

Languages:German, English, Catalan, Spanish, French

DocumentaryHistory

Production:

Milagros ProduccionesMedianimaciónTV3