Synopsis

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.

Genres

DocumentaryHistory

Cast

Juan Ramón Capella

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Félix de Azúa

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Stéphane Hessel

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Dani Karavan

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Stéphane Mosès

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Gary Smith

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Rolf Tiedemann

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Patrick von zur Mühlen

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