Bonhoeffer

Bonhoeffer: Pastor. Spy. Assassin (2024)

Timing: 2:12 (132 min)

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Actors and characters

Release date

2024-11-20

Country

United States, Belgium, Ireland

Production

Fontana, Angel Studios, Crow's Nest Productions

Genre

Drama, History, War

Budget

$25 000 000

Revenue

$12 705 458

Website

https://www.angel.com/movies/bonhoeffer

Director

Todd Komarnicki

Actors

Jonas Dassler, Phileas Heyblom, August Diehl, David Jonsson, Flula Borg, Moritz Bleibtreu, Nadine Heidenreich, Greg Kolpakchi, William Robinson, Clarke Peters
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Scenario

Todd Komarnicki

Producer

Todd Komarnicki, Richard Caleel, Vivienne De Courcy, Sarada McDermott, Mark O'Sullivan, John B. Scanlon, Lars P. Winther

Operator

John Mathieson

Composer

Gabriel Ferreira

Artist

Audition

John Hubbard, Ros Hubbard

Editing

Blu Murray
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• The assassination attempt on the Führer depicted in the film actually occurred, although Adolf Hitler simply changed the schedule of his trips to the conquered countries rather than canceling them altogether. There is no evidence that Dietrich Bonhoeffer (played by Jonas Dassler) was involved in this conspiracy or any other, but he likely knew of its existence.
• The film was initially intended to be titled "God's Spy."
• According to the script, Dietrich Bonhoeffer (played by Jonas Dassler) is arrested at home, taken to a small rural house, and hanged. In reality, the SS arrested Bonhoeffer after a Sunday service and sent him to the Flossenbürg concentration camp, where he was hanged along with others, including Admiral Wilhelm Canaris, head of the military intelligence and counterintelligence service, his deputy General Hans Oster, and others. The fate of his remains is unknown.
• The film does not mention the protagonist's engagement to Maria von Wedemeyer or the correspondence he maintained with his family from prison through encrypted messages in books. He also corresponded with von Wedemeyer, and she was allowed to visit him (at least once a month). When Bonhoeffer's case was linked to the attempt on the Führer's life on July 20, 1944, he was transferred to a high-security prison, and contact with him was severed.