Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (Quién mató a Walter Benjamin…) 19 years old

… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.

Who Killed Walter Benjamin…

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.

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Who Killed Walter Benjamin… Cast

Name Character
Stéphane Hessel He was 87, 95 years old when he died as Himself

Who Killed Walter Benjamin… Crew

Name Department
Who Killed Walter Benjamin… poster
Who Killed Walter Benjamin… (19 years)

… not just a reconstruction of a death but the living portrait of the scene of the crime.

  • Release day: Thursday, October 06, 2005
  • Runtime: 73 minutes