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The Case of Raoul Wallenberg - Saviour and Victim
Documentary, 89 minutes
Year of production: 2005
Director: Klaus Dexel
Author: Klaus Dexel
Cameramen: Claus Langer & Gerardo Milsztein
Produced by: Bechert & Dexel TV-Program Filmproduction
Versions: English, German
On July 7th 1944, the young Swedish diplomat Raoul Wallenberg sets off from Stockholm for Budapest. Going beyond the directives of his government, he tries to save as many lives in Hungary as possible. Within only six months, tens of thousands of Hungarian Jews are saved by Wallenberg and his associates from assassination by the SS. As Budapest is being liberated by the Russians, however, Wallenberg is abducted to the Soviet Union on 17 January 1945. Two years later, all trace of him is lost in Stalin´s prisons.
This documentary seeks to retrace his steps. It tells of the diplomats youth and his difficult relations with the mighty Wallenberg clan. The search also leads to the secret service archives (KGB/FSB) and prisons of the former Soviet Union.
Witnesses, family members and intelligence experts report, talk and speculate about the background to the disappearance of Wallenberg.
2012: 100th birthday anniversary of Raoul Wallenberg
Press Reviews:
“Kölner Stadtanzeiger”
…a most enthralling and comprehensivly investigated Wallenberg documentary…
Le Monde (Paris)
"Raoul Wallenberg`s story has been recounted in many documentaries, but this one presents it even better, and above all, supplements firsthand materials, seeking an answer to the question of Wallenberg`s disappearance, which has been raised in vain for decades."
Written & Directed by Klaus Dexel
89 minutes, PAL, 16:9, versions: English, German
© 2005 by Bechert & Dexel Filmproductions
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Björn Jensen
email: jensen(at)gingerfoot.de
