Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
2005 · 73 min · Documentary, History
… 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
- Writers
- David Mauas, Joan Ripollés Iranzo
- Released
- October 6, 2005
- Language
- Spanish
Cast
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