Die Mission (1967)
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
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Martin Held as Professor Heinrich von Benda |
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Marianne Hoppe as Selma Selig |
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Peter Mosbacher as Kolumbianischer Minister |
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Richard Münch as Seyß-Inquart |
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Martin Benrath as Monsignore |
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Edith Schultze-Westrum as Frau Steiner |
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Karl Walter Diess as Stechlein |
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Walo Lüönd as Gestapo-Spitzel |
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Ullrich Haupt as Milestone |
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Peter Arens as Felix von Benda |
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Klaus Herm as |
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Friedrich G. Beckhaus as |
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Tilo von Berlepsch as |
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Erich Poremski as |
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Gerd Prager as |
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Alexander von Rosen as Nelson |
| Directing | Ludwig Cremer | Director |