Who Killed Walter Benjamin…
6.5
“… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.”
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.
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Cast
20 people
David Mauas Director · Joan Ripollés Iranzo Writer Xavier Maristany Composer
Budget $135K · First release October 6, 2005 · Produced in Spain, Netherlands
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Budget
$135,000
Production
Milagros Producciones
Production
Medianimación
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TV3
Production
Nik Media
Production
Spain · Netherlands
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Languages
Original title
Quién mató a Walter Benjamin…
Original language
Spanish
Spoken on screen
Catalan · English · French · German · Spanish
Release dates
Spain · October 6, 2005
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
France
October 6, 2006 · Toulouse Cinespaña Film Festival
Italy
September 8, 2006 · Festivaletteratura Mantova
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