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.

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Cast

Juan Ramón Capella

Félix de Azúa

Stéphane Hessel

Dani Karavan

Stéphane Mosès

Gary Smith

Rolf Tiedemann

Patrick von zur Mühlen

Bernd Witte

Erdmut Wizisla