The Guns of August

1h 40m
Documentary
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Traces the origins and actions of World War I, from the funeral of Britain's King Edward VII to the Versailles Treaty.

Cast

Fritz Weaver
Narrator (voice)
Manfred von Richthofen
Self (archive footage)
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Self (archive footage)
Winston Churchill
Self (archive footage)
Vladimir Lenin
Self (archive footage)
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Czar Nicholas II of Russia
Self (archive footage)
Tsarina Alexandra
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Wilhelm II of Germany
Self (archive footage)
Emperor Franz Josef
Self (archive footage)
Georges Clemenceau
Self (archive footage)
Jean Jaurès
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Anastasia
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Marie
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Olga
Self (archive footage)
Grand Duchess Tatiana
Self (archive footage)
King Albert I
Self (archive footage)
King George V of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
King George VI of the United Kingdom
Self (archive footage)
John J. Pershing
Self (archive footage)
Raymond Poincaré
Self (archive footage)
Leon Trotsky
Self (archive footage)
Paul von Hindenburg
Self (archive footage)
Woodrow Wilson
Self (archive footage)
Theodore Roosevelt
Self (archive footage)
Czarevitch Alexei Nikolaevich
Self (archive footage)
Hermann Göring
Self (archive footage)

Crew

Nathan Kroll
Director, Producer
Arthur Tourellot
Writer
Barbara W. Tuchman
Novel
Lawrence G. White
Producer
Jack Fitzstephens
Sound
Sol Kaplan
Music