Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht

Overview

The movie depicts the events from July until September of 1914 which led to the defeat of the German troops at the Marne. While Sebastian Haffner explains and comments on operations and decisions on the basis of situation maps, key scenes are depicted by actors. A main focus is thereby placed by Haffner onto the controversial mission of lieutenant-colonel Richard Hentsch who is said to have, during a war patrol to the various army high commands, contributed to the abortion of the operations significantly.

Details

Status

Released

Release date

April 28, 1977

Original language

German

Spoken languages

German

Countries

Germany

Production

ZDF,Studio Hamburg Atelierbetriebsgesellschaft mbH,Stern TV

Cast

Wolf von Gersum,Hans Daniel,Hans Paetsch,Joachim Rake,Siegfried Wischnewski,Wolfgang Engels,Edgar Maschmann,Alexander Hegarth,Friedrich Gröndahl,Ferdy Mayneand 12 more

Director

Franz Peter Wirth

Writer

Sebastian Haffner

Producer

Heinz Haude

Cinematography

Michael Epp,Hubert Zimmermann

Budget

Not recorded

Revenue

Not recorded

IMDb

tt0350980