Query: Return-Path:From: dmanzer@wimsey.com (Doug Manzer) Subject: Query about _The Wannsee Conference_ film Is anyone there familiar with the grim movie _The Wannsee Conference_ (1984) directed by Heinz Schirk? Fifteen high ranking Nazi officials go through the motions of an interdepartmental government conference in a calm, businesslike manner, except that the agenda is a plan to massacre eleven million people. I had some trouble following the dialog, as it wasn't clear which official each actor was playing in some cases. This is a layout of the conference table as portrayed in the film, showing my guess as to who was in each chair. Can anyone confirm or correct it? The ones I'm not sure about are marked with "?". No's (12) and (15) wear brown uniforms (Nazi party uniform?) No. (11) apparently holds honorary SS rank and wears an SS uniform. He seems to have the flu, and uses a handkerchief fairly often. This is the character I'm most curious about, or at least what department he represents. Ministerialdirektor (8) Kritzinger ___ SS-Sturmbannfuehrer (7) | | (9) Secretary of State Dr. Laenge | | Neumann | | SS-Oberfuehrer (6) | | (10) Secretary of State Klopfer | | Dr. Freisler | | SS-Gruppenfuehrer (5) | | (11) Secretary of State Hoffman (?) | | Dr. Stuckart (?) | | SS-Obergruppenfuehrer (4) | | (12) Gauleiter Heydrich | | Dr. Meyer (?) | | SS-Gruppenfuehrer (3) | | (13) Secretary of State Mueller | | Dr. Bueler | | SS-Oberfuehrer (2) | | (14) Under Secretary of State Schoengarth | | Dr. Luther | | SS-Gruppenfuehrer (1) | | (15) Reichsamtleiter Eichmann | | Dr. Leibbrandt (?) --- (16) Stenographer Here's a more detailed list of the attendees, where the names of the actors in the film are shown as { }. (Information from "EuroDocs" Web pages) (1) SS-Obersturmbannfuehrer Eichmann Reich Security Main Office {Gerd Boeckmann} (2) SS-Oberfuehrer Dr. Schoengarth Security Police and SD Commander of the Security Police and the SD in the Government General {Gerd Rigauer} (3) SS-Gruppenfuehrer Mueller Reich Security Main Office {Friedrick Beckhaus} (4) SS-Obergruppenfuehrer Heydrich Reich Security Main Office {Dietrich Mattausch} (5) Secretary of State Dr. Stuckart Reich Ministry for the Interior {Peter Fitz} (6) SS-Oberfuehrer Klopfer Party Chancellery {Guenter Spoerrle} (7) SS-Sturmbannfuehrer Dr. Lange Security Police and SD Commander of the Security Police and the SD for the General-District Latvia, as deputy of the Commander of the Security Police and the SD for the Reich Commissariat "Eastland". {Martin Luettge} (8) Ministerialdirektor Kritzinger Reich Chancellery {Franz Rudnick} (9) Secretary of State Neumann Plenipotentiary for the {Dieter Groest} Four Year Plan (10) Secretary of State Dr. Freisler Reich Ministry of Justice {Rainer Steffen} (11) SS-Gruppenfuehrer Hofmann Race and Settlement Main Office {Robert Artzorn} (12) Gauleiter Dr. Meyer Reich Ministry for the Occupied {Harald Dietl} Eastern territories (13) Secretary of State Dr. Buehler Office of the General Government {Reinhard Glemnitz} (Poland) (14) Under Secretary of State Foreign Office Dr. Luther {Hans W. Bussinger} (15) Reichsamtleiter Reich Ministry for the Occupied Dr. Leibbrandt Eastern territories {Jochen Busse} (16) Stenographer {Anita Mally} Any help appreciated. Regards, Doug Manzer Response #1: That's a tough question to answer without having one's own copy of the film. I suggest that he calls or writes to the US distributor of the film which is (or was): Films Inc. 35 South West Street Mt. Vernon, New York 10550 914 667-0800 If they don't have any documentation maybe they can provide the address of the company which produced the film (Bavarian TV?) or its director (Schirk). There was also an historical advisor. With some further effort I might be able to dig up his name.
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