THE CONFERENCE

DIE WANNSEEKONFERENZ

By Matti GESCHONNECK

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Drama - Completed 2021

On the morning of 20 January 1942, in a villa on the lakefront of the Wannsee in Berlin, leading members of the Nazi regime came together. The sole topic on the agenda that morning was what the Nazis called the Final Solution to the Jewish Question.

Festivals
& Awards

Ventana Sur 2021
European Screenings
    • Year of production
    • 2021
    • Genres
    • Drama, Historical
    • Countries
    • GERMANY
    • Languages
    • GERMAN
    • Duration
    • 105 mn
    • Director(s)
    • Matti GESCHONNECK
    • Writer(s)
    • Magnus VATTRODT, Paul MOMMERTZ
    • Producer(s)
    • Reinhold ELSCHOT (Constantin Film), Friederich OETKER (Constantin Film)
    • Synopsis
    • On the morning of 20 January 1942, in a villa on the lakefront of the Wannsee in Berlin, leading members of the Nazi regime came together. They had been invited by Reinhard Heydrich to a meeting followed by breakfast; The sole topic on the agenda that morning was what the Nazis called the Final Solution to the Jewish Question: the organization of the systematic mass murder of millions of Jews across Europe.

      A historically accurate, haunting drama about a meeting that led to the Holocaust. The film follows the protocol of this meeting as recorded by Adolf Eichmann - a key document pertaining to the Holocaust. Shot at the original location at Wannsee Lake in Berlin, it is directed by Matti Geschonneck („In Times of Fading Light“) and produced by Constantin Film for the 80th commemoration day of the conference in 2022. It stars some of Germany’s most well-known actors in the lead roles: Philipp Hochmair („The Experiment“), Johannes Allmayer („Colonia Dignidad“), Maximilian Brückner („Cherryblossoms“), Thomas Loibl („Toni Erdmann“) and Rafael Stachowiak („Undine“).