TMDb Rating
6.0/10
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Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (2005)
DocumentaryHistory
73 min
"… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime."
Plot Summary
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.
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DocumentaryHistoryDavid MauasJuan Ramón CapellaFélix de Azúa2005
Director
David Mauas
Top Cast
Juan Ramón CapellaFélix de AzúaStéphane HesselDani KaravanStéphane Mosès
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