Who Killed Walter Benjamin…(2005)
… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.
Overview
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
Country
Spain, Netherlands
Language
German, English, Catalan, Spanish, French
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