The Uprising
2026 · History · Drama
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Film / 2020
The Most Dangerous Man in Europe: Otto Skorzeny's After War
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?
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Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?
Cast
Paloma NavarroSelf - Narrator (voice)
Luis María PardoSelf - Personal Archive Executor
José Luis Blanco CorredoiraSelf - Writer
Ralph P. GanisSelf - Historian
Almudena GrandesSelf - Writer
Stuart SmithSelf - Historian
Joan BuadesSelf - Writer
Javier JuárezSelf - Journalist
David SolarSelf - Journalist
Jacinto AntónSelf - Journalist
Waltraut RiessSelf - Daughter
Efraim ZuroffSelf - Nazi Hunter
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Óscar GonzálezSelf - Historian
Jaume PomaSelf - Artist
Alexandra JonesSelf - Historian
Yossi MelmanSelf - Journalist
Otto SkorzenySelf - Former Waffen-SS (archive footage)
Ilse LüthjeSelf - Wife (archive footage)
Francisco FrancoSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Víctor de la SernaSelf - Writer (archive footage)
Adolf HitlerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Benito MussoliniSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Joseph GoebbelsSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Hjalmar SchachtSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Dwight D. EisenhowerSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Eva Duarte de PerónSelf - Politician (archive footage)
Miklós HorthySelf - Politician (archive footage)
Adolf EichmannSelf - Nazi Criminal (archive footage)
John F. KennedySelf - Politician (archive footage)
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