Film · Animation, Documentary, History
Poland 1939: When German Soldiers Became War Criminals (2019)
September 1st, 1939. Nazi Germany invades Poland. The campaign is fast, cruel and ruthless. In these circumstances, how is it that ordinary German soldiers suddenly became vicious killers, terrorizing the local population? Did everyone turn into something worse than wild animals? The true story of the first World War II offensive that marks in the history of infamy the beginning of a carnage and a historical tragedy.
- Director
- Alexander Hogh, Jean-Christoph Caron
- Writers
- Jean-Christoph Caron, Martin Ehrmann
- Country
- Germany
- Language
- German
- Release date
- August 31, 2019
- Original title
- Polen 39: Wie deutsche Soldaten zu Mördern wurden
Cast
- Nicole EngelnSelf - Narrator (voice)
- Jochen BöhlerSelf - Historian
- Dawid GolikSelf - Historian
- Detlef FetchenhauerSelf - Psychologist
- Sybille SteinbacherSelf - Historian
- Włodzimierz BorodziejSelf - Historian
- Maren RögerSelf - Historian
- Cezary KrólSelf - Historian
- Jan TurnauSelf - Journalist
Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Heinrich HimmlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
