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The Conference is a 2022 German historical drama film directed by Matti Geschonneck. The film dramatizes the Wannsee Conference of January 20, 1942, where senior Nazi officials met at a villa in Berlin to coordinate the implementation of the "Final Solution." The production focuses on the bureaucratic nature of the meeting and features an ensemble cast including Philipp Hochmair as Adolf Eichmann and Johannes Allmayer as Reinhard Heydrich. It was produced for German television and uses the surviving conference minutes as its primary source material.
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What historical meeting does The Conference depict?
The film dramatizes the Wannsee Conference held at a villa in Berlin on January 20, 1942. Reinhard Heydrich chairs the meeting, with Adolf Eichmann involved in the bureaucratic planning of the Holocaust. [ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/filme/die-wannseekonferenz-movie-100)
What is the original German title of The Conference?
Its German title is Die Wannseekonferenz, meaning The Wannsee Conference. ZDF presented the 2022 production as a 105-minute drama directed by Matti Geschonneck. [ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/filme/die-wannseekonferenz-movie-100)
Who plays Reinhard Heydrich in The Conference?
Philipp Hochmair plays Reinhard Heydrich, the SS official who opens the meeting. Johannes Allmayer plays Adolf Eichmann in the ZDF production. [ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/filme/die-wannseekonferenz-movie-100)
Is The Conference a battlefield war movie?
No. The 2022 German film is built around a bureaucratic meeting and the language used to organize mass murder, so most of the tension comes from the conversation. ZDF identifies it as a drama rather than an action film. [ZDF](https://www.zdf.de/filme/die-wannseekonferenz-movie-100)
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