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.
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

Ferdy Mayne
Feldmarschall French
Wolf von Gersum
Generalleutnant Murray
Wolfgang Engels
Generalmajor Wilson
Sebastian Haffner
Self - Host
Crew

Franz Peter Wirth
Director
Sebastian Haffner
Writer
Erich Rohlf
Editor
Ingrid Thüsing
Editor
Michael Epp
Director of Photography
Hubert Zimmermann
Director of Photography
Helenka Hummel
Assistant Director
Heinz Haude
Executive Producer
Albrecht Becker
Production Design
Jürgen Schmidt-Jacoby
Camera Operator
Otfried Langer
Camera Operator
Hans-Harro Mayer
Camera Operator
Henning Gaertner
Camera Operator
Ingeborg Desmarowitz
Costumer
Herbert Grieser
Makeup Artist
Norbert Giebel
Sound
Ferdinand Haas
Sound
Dieter Domian
Technical Supervisor
Wolfgang Venohr
General Manager
Uwe Gravenholdt
Unit Manager
Michael Richter
Unit Manager
Franz Neubauer
Editorial Staff
Holger Andrecht
Other
Holger Wieland
Other
Walter Engels
Other
Dieter Glock
Other
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