Heckmann

1992 • Directed by

Joachim Polzer

Documentary

Profile of the German philosopher Gustav Heckmann who was the initiator of the so called "Urgent Call" against Hitler. In 1932 this was the last attempt by intellectuals (like Albert Einstein, Käthe Kollwitz, Heinrich Mann and others) to prevent the takeover of power by Hitler in Germany. Gustav Heckmann was later a friend of both Max Born and Werner Heisenberg.