Pedro De Echave
Director

Austrian Waffen-SS Lieutenant-colonel Otto Skorzeny was Hitler's favorite commando. His participation in daring military actions such as the rescue of Benito Mussolini in the Apennines or covert "Operation Greif" at the Battle of the Bulge, among others, made him famous. In May 1945 he was taken prisoner by the US Army. After 3 years in a POW camp, Skorzeny escaped to a safe haven in Franco's Spain. What was he up to during the long 25 years he spent in Spain? This documentary has gained access to its very own files "The Skorzeny papers" that picture a determined character who took to the dealings of the Cold War like duck to water: active Nazi ratline mastermind, gun runner, advisor to Egyptian President Nasser, freelance covert operations agent for CIA and Mossad and other western intelligence services. The after WWII, "Cold War", account of the life and deeds of one of the most charismatic and enigmatic characters of the 20th century.
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Pedro De Echave
Director
Pablo Azorin
Director

Stuart Smith
Self - Author, Otto Skorzeny, the Devil's Disciple
Javier Juárez
Self - Investigative Journalist
Alexandra Jones
Self - Historian

Yossi Melman
Self - Journalistalist

Otto Skorzeny
Self - German Officer, Waffen-SS during World War II

José MarÃa Blanco Corredoira
Self - Author, Objective Skorzeny
Jacinto Antón
Self - Journalist

Klaus Barbie
Self - Escaped Nazi

Luis MarÃa Pardo
Self - Executor, Ilse and Otto Skorzeny Archive

Almudena Grandes
Self - Author, Patients of Dr. Garcia's

David Solar
Self - Journalist

Efraim Zuroff
Self - Director, Simon Wiesenthal Center in Jerusalem
Ralph Ganis
Self - Author, The Skorzeny Papers

Joan Buades
Self - Author, Crui: Els portadors de la torxa
Waltraut Riess
Self - Skorzeny's Daughter
Óscar Gónzalez
Self - Historian
Jaume Poma
Self - Majorcan Painter
William J. Donovan
Self - Head of Office of Strategic Services