Die Wannseekonferenz (2022 film)
German film
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Die Wannseekonferenz, international title The Conference, is a German TV docudrama, first aired January 24, 2022 by the ZDF broadcaster, about the Wannsee Conference held in Berlin-Wannsee in 1942 to organise the extermination of the Jews.
Paul Mommertz
Arnd Klawitter
Johannes Allmayer
| Die Wannseekonferenz | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Docudrama Historical drama |
| Written by | Magnus Vattrodt Paul Mommertz |
| Directed by | Matti Geschonneck |
| Starring | Philipp Hochmair Arnd Klawitter Johannes Allmayer |
| Narrated by | Matthias Brandt |
| Country of origin | Germany |
| Original language | German |
| Production | |
| Producers | Friederich Oetker Reinhold Elschot |
| Cinematography | Theo Bierkens |
| Running time | 108 minutes |
| Production companies | Constantin Television ZDF |
| Original release | |
| Network | ZDF |
| Release | 24 January 2022 |
Background
Director Matti Geschonneck shows a reenactment of the real Wannsee Conference held January 20, 1942, based on a script by Magnus Vattrodt. German Nazi officials meet midst the Second World War to determine the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. It is not the beginning of the Shoah but it is a meeting to coordinate various government branches for carrying out the destruction of Jews.[1][2]
Cast
- Philipp Hochmair as Reinhard Heydrich, Chief of the Reich Security Main Office (RSHA)
- Johannes Allmayer as Adolf Eichmann, Head of RSHA IV B4
- Sascha Nathan as Dr. Josef Bühler
- Arnd Klawitter as Dr. Roland Freisler, for the Reich Ministry of Justice
- Markus Schleinzer as Otto Hofmann
- Fabian Busch as Dr. Gerhard Klopfer
- Thomas Loibl as Friedrich Wilhelm Kritzinger
- Frederic Linkemann as Dr. Rudolf Lange
- Rafael Stachowiak as Georg Leibbrandt
- Simon Schwarz as Martin Luther
- Peter Jordan as Dr. Alfred Meyer
- Jakob Diehl as Heinrich Müller, Chief of RSHA Department IV (the Gestapo)
- Matthias Bundschuh as Erich Neumann
- Maximilian Brückner as Dr. Eberhard Schöngarth
- Godehard Giese as Wilhelm Stuckart, for the Reich Ministry for the Interior
- Lilli Fichtner as Ingeburg Werlemann
- Frederik Schmid as Eichmann's adjutant
Reception
Critical response
On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 90% of 10 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 7.1/10.[5]
Awards and nominations
- 2022: Best Film Made for Television
- 2022: Best Writing Fiction – Paul Mommertz and Magnus Vattrodt
- 2022: Best Actor – Philipp Hochmair (Nominee)
- 2022: Best Directing Fiction – Matti Geschonneck (Nominee)
- 2023: Fiction
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
- 2022: Best Film[8]
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards
- 2022: Feature Films (Gold Award)[11]
- 2022: Favorite Actor – Philipp Hochmair (Reinhard Heydrich)[12]
- 2022: Best Film TV/Stream – Friederich Oetker and Reinhold Elschot[13]
- 2022: Best Writing TV/Stream – Magnus Vattrodt and Paul Mommertz[13]
- 2022: Best European TV Film[14]
Günter-Rohrbach-Filmpreis
- 2022: Best Film[15]
Fernsehfilmfestival Baden-Baden
See also
- Heinz Schirk (director): The Wannsee Conference, a 1984 German TV film
- Conspiracy – a 2001 English language film
- Fatherland – an alternate history novel dealing in large part with the Wannsee Conference - 1992
- List of Holocaust films
