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  • Otto John: Eine deutsche Geschichte (1995)
  • 90 min | Documentary
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Otto John: Eine deutsche Geschichte (1995)
90 min | Documentary
On July 10, 1954, ten years to the day after the unsuccessful assassination of Hitler, the president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Otto John, took part in commemorative ceremonies in Berlin. He disappeared the ...See moreOn July 10, 1954, ten years to the day after the unsuccessful assassination of Hitler, the president of the Office for the Protection of the Constitution, Otto John, took part in commemorative ceremonies in Berlin. He disappeared the following night and reported from East Germany, denouncing in the media the rearmament of the Federal Republic as an obstacle to reunification. In 1955 he returned to the West where he was arrested and sentenced to four years' imprisonment. Did he betray his country or was he kidnapped and manipulated by agents of the GDR? Otto John explains himself in front of the camera of the great documentary filmmaker and historian of the Second World War, Erwin Leiser. Written by Guy Bellinger See less
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Directors
Erwin Leiser | Vera Leiser (collaboration)
Writer
Erwin Leiser
Cinematographer
Peter Warneke
Editor
Thea Eymèsz
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Aug 1995 (Switzerland)

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