Movie·1977·1h 30m
Generale - Anatomie der Marneschlacht
Directed By
Franz Peter Wirth
Country
Germany
Language
German
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The Story
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.
Written By
Sebastian Haffner
Producer
Heinz Haude
Cinematography
Michael Epp
Editor
Erich Rohlf
Themes
Production House
Audience Score
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Cast
Otto Kurth
Generaloberst v. Moltke
Friedrich Gröndahl
Oberstleutnant Tappen
Alexander Hegarth
Oberstleutnant Hentsch
Hans Daniel
Kaiser Wilhelm II.
Hans Paetsch
Reichskanzler v. Bethmann-Hollweg
Hans Häckermann
Generaloberst v. Kluck
Dieter Wagner
Generalmajor v. Kuhl
Ernst Fritz Fürbringer
Generaloberst v. Bülow
Heinz Weiss
Generalleutnant v. Lauenstein
Herbert Steinmetz
Generaloberst v. Hausen
Siegfried Wischnewski
Divisionsgeneral Joffre
Hans Wyprächtiger
Brigadegeneral Berthelot
Karl Michael Vogler
Oberst Alexandre
Charles Brauer
Major Gamelin
Hubert Suschka
Divisionsgeneral Lanrezac
Hannes Messemer
Divisionsgeneral Galliéni
Edgar Maschmann
Kriegsminister Messimy
Joachim Rake
Kriegsminister Millerand
// crew
Crew
Michael Epp
Director of Photography
Hubert Zimmermann
Director of Photography
Erich Rohlf
Editor
Ingrid Thüsing
Editor
Heinz Haude
Executive Producer
Sebastian Haffner
Writer
Franz Peter Wirth
Director
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