Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (movie)
Quién mató a Walter Benjamin…- User score: 6
- Production country: Spain, Netherlands
- Producer: David Mauas
- Production companies: Milagros Producciones, Medianimación, TV3, Nik Media
- Genre: Documentary, History
- Release date: 10/6/2005
- Run time: 73 min.
Movie description
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.