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Die Wannseekonferenz | |
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Genre | Docudrama Historical drama |
Written by | Magnus Vattrodt Paul Mommertz |
Directed by | Matti Geschonneck |
Starring | Philipp Hochmair Arnd Klawitter Johannes Allmayer |
Narrated by | Matthias Brandt |
Country of origin | Germany |
Original language | German |
Production | |
Producers | Friederich Oetker Reinhold Elschot |
Cinematography | Theo Bierkens |
Running time | 108 minutes |
Production companies | Constantin Television ZDF |
Original release | |
Network | ZDF |
Release | 24 January 2022 |
Die Wannseekonferenz, international title The Conference, is a German TV docudrama, first aired January 24, 2022 by the ZDF broadcaster, about the Wannsee Conference held in Berlin-Wannsee in 1942 to organise the extermination of the Jews.
Director Matti Geschonneck shows a reenactment of the real Wannsee Conference held January 20, 1942, based on a script by Magnus Vattrodt. German Nazi officials meet midst the Second World War to determine the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. It is not the beginning of the Shoah but it is a meeting to coordinate various government branches for carrying out the destruction of Jews. [1] [2]
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