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.
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Martin Held
Professor Heinrich von Benda
Known for
The Captain from Kopenick
Marianne Hoppe
Selma Selig
Known for
Treasure of Silver Lake
Wrong Move
Ludwig Cremer
Helmut Ringelmann
Hans Habe
Peter Mosbacher
Kolumbianischer Minister
Known for
Diabolically Yours
The Face of Fu Manchu
Ella Büchi
Bettina von Benda
Jochen Huth
Richard Münch
Seyß-Inquart
Known for
Patton
The Train
Martin Benrath
Monsignore
Known for
Stalingrad
From the Life of the Marionettes
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Frau Steiner
Known for
Fear
The Bridge
Karl Walter Diess
Stechlein
Also in
Die Schwarzwaldklinik
Der Trotzkopf
Ludwig Cremer Director
First release March 29, 1967 · Produced in Germany · Production Bayerischer Rundfunk, Intertel
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BR
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Bayerischer Rundfunk
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Intertel
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German
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German
Release dates
Germany · March 29, 1967
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