Die Wannseekonferenz (2022 film)


Die Wannseekonferenz, international title The Conference, is a German TV docudrama, first aired January 24, 2022 by the ZDF broadcaster, about the Wannsee Conference held in Berlin-Wannsee in 1942 to organise the extermination of the Jews.

Background

Director Matti Geschonneck shows a reenactment of the real Wannsee Conference held January 20, 1942, based on a script by Magnus Vattrodt. German Nazi officials meet midst the Second World War to determine the so-called “Final Solution to the Jewish Question”. It is not the beginning of the Shoah but it is a meeting to coordinate various government branches for carrying out the destruction of Jews.

Cast

Critical response

Awards and nominations

German Television Award
  • 2022: Best Film Made for Television
  • 2022: Best Writing Fiction – Paul Mommertz and Magnus Vattrodt
  • 2022: Best Actor – Philipp Hochmair
  • 2022: Best Directing Fiction – Matti Geschonneck
Grimme Award
  • 2023: Fiction
Barcelona-Sant Jordi International Film Festival
  • 2022: Best Film
Civis Media Prize
  • 2022: Entertainment
New York Festivals TV & Film Awards
  • 2022: Feature Films
Romy
  • 2022: Favorite Actor – Philipp Hochmair
  • 2022: Best Film TV/Stream – Friederich Oetker and Reinhold Elschot
  • 2022: Best Writing TV/Stream – Magnus Vattrodt and Paul Mommertz
Prix Europa
Günter-Rohrbach-Filmpreis
  • 2022: Best Film
Fernsehfilmfestival Baden-Baden
  • 2022: ''3sat-Publikumspreis''