Release Date

29 Mar, 1967

Runtime

00:00: (HH:MM)

Synopsis

Summer 1938: renowned Viennese surgeon Professor von Benda is summoned by Gauleiter Seyss-Inquart to attend the Evian Conference on Jewish refugees. Disguised as a loyal Nazi physician, von Benda’s “mission” is to propose that participating nations purchase German Jews for 250 Reichsmark each, ostensibly saving them from deportation. Over ten days in Evian-les-Bains, von Benda navigates tense negotiations with diplomats and relief workers, confronting the moral abyss behind his government’s plan. As alliances form and falter around him, he watches the fates of refugees - and of Europe itself - unfold without judgment, bearing witness to a tragedy that history cannot forget.

Original Title

Die Mission

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Actors

Martin Held

Marianne Hoppe

Peter Mosbacher

Richard Münch

Martin Benrath

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Karl Walter Diess

Walo Lüönd

Ullrich Haupt

Peter Arens

Klaus Herm

Friedrich G. Beckhaus

Tilo von Berlepsch

Erich Poremski

Gerd Prager

Alexander von Rosen

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