Die Mission

Die Mission (1967)

Drama

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.

Director: Ludwig Cremer

Casts

	Martin Held as Professor Heinrich von Benda
	Marianne Hoppe as Selma Selig
	Peter Mosbacher as Kolumbianischer Minister
	Richard Münch as Seyß-Inquart
	Martin Benrath as Monsignore
	Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Steiner
	Karl Walter Diess as Stechlein
	Walo Lüönd as Gestapo-Spitzel
	Ullrich Haupt as Milestone
	Peter Arens as Felix von Benda
	Klaus Herm as
	Friedrich G. Beckhaus as
	Tilo von Berlepsch as
	Erich Poremski as
	Gerd Prager as
	Alexander von Rosen as Nelson

Crew