Who Killed Walter Benjamin… Poster

Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.

Not Rated Documentary History

Starring: Juan Ramón Capella, Félix de Azúa, Stéphane Hessel, Dani Karavan, Stéphane Mosès

Writer: David Mauas, Joan Ripollés Iranzo

Release Date:
October 6, 2005
Ratings:
6.0 / 10
Director:
David Mauas
Companies:
Milagros Producciones

Overview

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.