The Conference reconstructs a single meeting held in Berlin on January 20, 1942, when senior Nazi officials gathered to organize the systematic murder of Europe's Jewish population. Directed by Matti Geschonneck, the German drama unfolds almost entirely within one room, letting procedure and language carry the weight of the history it depicts.
What is The Conference about?
The film follows the Wannsee Conference from opening remarks to closing minutes, tracking how a small group of bureaucrats discussed logistics, transport, and administration for what the agenda called the Final Solution. Rather than dramatizing violence directly, the film stays fixed on the meeting itself: memos, seating arrangements, coffee breaks, and the clipped courtesy officials extended to one another while deciding the fate of eleven million people. The chamber setting and real historical record give the film its structure, and the tension comes from how ordinary the proceedings appear on the surface.
About the cast
Philipp Hochmair, Johannes Allmayer, and Maximilian Brückner lead an ensemble that also includes Matthias Bundschuh, Fabian Busch, Jakob Diehl, Lilli Fichtner, and Godehard Giese. The cast plays real historical figures across a script built largely from surviving conference minutes, with performances that favor restraint over spectacle.
Context & significance
Wannsee Conference dramatizations have appeared before, and this version distinguishes itself by staying close to procedural detail rather than broader wartime action. It sits within German-language historical drama that treats the bureaucratic machinery of the Holocaust as its own subject, asking audiences to sit with administrative language rather than battlefield imagery. The single-location structure means the film relies on ensemble timing and dialogue rather than shifting settings to hold attention across its runtime.
Watching The Conference on Ktime
The Conference is available with Persian dubbing on K-Time. Streaming requires a free account login; the film's page, cast details, and background information remain readable without signing in. K-Time's Farsi-language interface makes it straightforward for Persian-speaking viewers to find historical and war dramas like this one alongside the rest of the catalog.