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Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

"… 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.

Release Date 2005-10-06
Rating 6.0 / 10 (3 votes)
Runtime 73 minutes
Budget $0
Revenue $0

Genres: Documentary, History

Directors: David Mauas

Writers: David Mauas, Joan Ripollés

Homepage: http://www.whokilledwalterbenjamin.com/synopsis.html

IMDB: tt0781462


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