The Gleiwitz Case - 1961 - 7/10
AKA - Der Fall Gleiwitz
Stylized docu-drama with more than a passing nod to 1928‘s Berlin: Symphonie der Großstadt.
A German commando type group, impersonating Poles, cross the frontier border, assault a radio station, and urge Poland to rise up and attack Germany.
The provocation was false, but the blitzkrieg launched the next day. Britain and France declared war two days later.
Theatrical looking production. Closeups, high contrast black n white, angular film compositions.
Several sequences are slow, yet the visuals are always imaginative.
“Travel” scenes faithfully recreate the montage and pan effects from aforementioned Symphony Of A Great City.
